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Lobe Shell

Philine quadripartita

1,537Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan42
Feb68
Mar122
Apr80
May116
Jun156
Jul89
Aug58
Sep571
Oct201
Nov16
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland9
2Torbay England8
3East Lothian Scotland3
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland3
5Argyll and Bute Scotland2
6Orkney Islands Scotland2
7Pembrokeshire Wales1
8Isle of Wight England1
99 England532 Scotland73 Wales502 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,537
Peak month
September
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Philine quadripartita
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,649
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Philinidae
Genus
Philine
Name with authority
Philine quadripartita Ascanius, 1772
Described
1772
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14087560 · GBIF 6520605