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Lobe Shell

Philine aperta

1,019Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb15
Mar101
Apr112
May118
Jun190
Jul129
Aug64
Sep89
Oct62
Nov42
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland11
2Devon England5
3Argyll and Bute Scotland4
4Pembrokeshire Wales2
5Ceredigion Wales1
6Conwy Wales1
54 England210 Scotland140 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,019
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Philine aperta
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Philinidae
Genus
Philine
Name with authority
Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1559297 · GBIF 2291554