When it is recorded
Jan10
Feb20
Mar78
Apr144
May107
Jun236
Jul303
Aug398
Sep299
Oct179
Nov37
Dec47
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 139 | |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 132 | |
| 3 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 111 | |
| 4 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 83 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 70 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 55 | |
| 7 | Ceredigion | Wales | 51 | |
| 8 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 50 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 48 | |
| 10 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 43 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 40 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 35 | |
| 13 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 29 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 24 | |
| 15 | Plymouth | England | 21 |
344 England488 Scotland462 Wales285 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,870
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 37
- Scientific name
- Littorina obtusata
- Also known as
- Flat periwinkle
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,675
- Most recorded in
- Scottish Borders, Gwynedd, Orkney Islands, Ards and North Down, Argyll and Bute, Cornwall, Ceredigion, Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Littorinidae
- Genus
- Littorina
- Name with authority
- Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 63
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1317525 · GBIF 2301066