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Netted Dog Whelk

Tritia reticulata

3,029Records since 2000
JunePeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan182
Feb28
Mar156
Apr257
May494
Jun506
Jul451
Aug418
Sep320
Oct97
Nov37
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England73
2Torbay England70
3Dorset England51
4Devon England43
5Gwynedd Wales28
6Pembrokeshire Wales28
7Isle of Anglesey Wales25
8Plymouth England23
9Isles of Scilly England18
10Isle of Wight England14
11Highland Scotland11
12Swansea Wales9
13Argyll and Bute Scotland7
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
15Kent England5
1,934 England173 Scotland398 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,029
Peak month
June
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Tritia reticulata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,263
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Torbay, Dorset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Nassariidae
Genus
Tritia
Name with authority
Tritia reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61697800 · GBIF 5727892