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Cylinder Shell

Cylichna cylindracea

4,867Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan244
Feb219
Mar373
Apr562
May748
Jun842
Jul620
Aug280
Sep321
Oct233
Nov138
Dec70

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland16
2Argyll and Bute Scotland15
3Pembrokeshire Wales13
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland10
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
7Devon England1
247 England2,053 Scotland207 Wales355 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,867
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Cylichna cylindracea
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,916
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Cylichnidae
Genus
Cylichna
Name with authority
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3737195 · GBIF 2291593