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Great top shell

Gibbula magus

728Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan109
Feb6
Mar26
Apr33
May89
Jun47
Jul55
Aug97
Sep124
Oct97
Nov18
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland28
2Argyll and Bute Scotland24
3Isles of Scilly England12
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
5Cornwall England10
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
7Isle of Anglesey Wales4
8Orkney Islands Scotland4
9Dorset England3
10Devon England3
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12North Ayrshire Scotland2
13South Ayrshire Scotland1
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
15Shetland Islands —1
260 England320 Scotland65 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
728
Peak month
September
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Gibbula magus
Also known as
Turban top shell
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
741
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Trochida
Family
Trochidae
Genus
Gibbula
Name with authority
Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2179874 · GBIF 5190299