When it is recorded
Jan321
Feb158
Mar420
Apr647
May773
Jun1,152
Jul1,368
Aug1,434
Sep1,231
Oct529
Nov357
Dec208
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwynedd | Wales | 394 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 376 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 346 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 279 | |
| 5 | North Yorkshire | England | 242 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 239 | |
| 7 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 183 | |
| 8 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 170 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 165 | |
| 10 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 146 | |
| 11 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 113 | |
| 12 | Plymouth | England | 112 | |
| 13 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 106 | |
| 14 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 101 | |
| 15 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 99 |
2,752 England1,309 Scotland1,974 Wales613 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,771
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 53
- Scientific name
- Nucella lapillus
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 6,275
- Most recorded in
- Gwynedd, Shetland Islands, Pembrokeshire, Cornwall, North Yorkshire, Highland, Isle of Anglesey, Argyll and Bute, Devon, Ards and North Down, Orkney Islands, Plymouth +10
- Conservation designations
- OSPAR list, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Nucella
- Name with authority
- Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 71
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1720317 · GBIF 5193449