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Common Whelk

Buccinum undatum

10,801Records since 2000
JunePeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan335
Feb553
Mar519
Apr589
May638
Jun1,992
Jul1,967
Aug1,333
Sep1,660
Oct583
Nov266
Dec141

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland218
2Highland Scotland133
3Sefton England109
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland84
5Kent England55
6Isle of Anglesey Wales49
7Pembrokeshire Wales33
8Orkney Islands Scotland31
9Wirral England30
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland30
11Norfolk England29
12Gwynedd Wales26
13Swansea Wales24
14North Ayrshire Scotland22
15Devon England20
1,900 England1,803 Scotland769 Wales929 Northern Ireland21 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,801
Peak month
June
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Buccinum undatum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,238
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Buccinidae
Genus
Buccinum
Name with authority
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
93

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21116 · GBIF 2305073