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Necklace Shell

Euspira catena

683Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb9
Mar34
Apr60
May107
Jun218
Jul51
Aug87
Sep77
Oct6
Nov8
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England36
2Torbay England13
3Cornwall England4
4Devon England3
5Swansea Wales3
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
7Norfolk England2
8Highland Scotland2
9Kent England1
10Dorset England1
11Pembrokeshire Wales1
12East Lothian Scotland1
13Shetland Islands —1
14Fife Scotland1
15Isle of Wight England1
218 England40 Scotland70 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
683
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Euspira catena
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
348
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Naticidae
Genus
Euspira
Name with authority
Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q368815 · GBIF 5192503