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Grey Top Shell

Steromphala cineraria

8,765Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan301
Feb89
Mar271
Apr492
May867
Jun984
Jul1,348
Aug1,716
Sep1,658
Oct579
Nov179
Dec157

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales200
2Pembrokeshire Wales188
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland151
4Highland Scotland132
5Cornwall England99
6Argyll and Bute Scotland96
7Orkney Islands Scotland89
8Dorset England79
9North Yorkshire England72
10Devon England71
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland64
12Isle of Anglesey Wales63
13Norfolk England62
14North Ayrshire Scotland50
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland48
3,186 England2,032 Scotland1,390 Wales929 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,765
Peak month
August
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Steromphala cineraria
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,250
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Trochida
Family
Trochidae
Genus
Steromphala
Name with authority
Steromphala cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
76

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61701154 · GBIF 9514986