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Flat Top Shell

Steromphala umbilicalis

4,533Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb60
Mar130
Apr425
May640
Jun604
Jul605
Aug531
Sep814
Oct408
Nov90
Dec110

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales374
2Ceredigion Wales302
3Cornwall England279
4Devon England233
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland169
6Gwynedd Wales126
7Plymouth England95
8Isles of Scilly England90
9Highland Scotland80
10Dorset England78
11Argyll and Bute Scotland64
12North Ayrshire Scotland60
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland55
14Swansea Wales55
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland51
802 England319 Scotland1,422 Wales407 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,533
Peak month
September
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Steromphala umbilicalis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,029
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Trochida
Family
Trochidae
Genus
Steromphala
Name with authority
Steromphala umbilicalis (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
63

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61701164 · GBIF 9471950