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Common Tortoiseshell Limpet

Testudinalia testudinalis

1,749Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb20
Mar90
Apr166
May157
Jun315
Jul211
Aug189
Sep335
Oct202
Nov44
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England129
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland119
3Highland Scotland61
4Cornwall England57
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland48
6Isles of Scilly England46
7Plymouth England34
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland31
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland28
10Dorset England27
11Fife Scotland26
12Pembrokeshire Wales24
13East Lothian Scotland22
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland22
15Swansea Wales20
25 England244 Scotland9 Wales210 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,749
Peak month
September
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Testudinalia testudinalis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,738
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Lottiidae
Genus
Testudinalia
Name with authority
Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2235598 · GBIF 4369953