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Oyster Drill

Ocenebra erinaceus

1,227Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb20
Mar56
Apr105
May174
Jun165
Jul98
Aug203
Sep222
Oct92
Nov18
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland50
2Devon England27
3Dorset England13
4Plymouth England13
5Cornwall England12
6Gwynedd Wales11
7Pembrokeshire Wales7
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
10Isle of Anglesey Wales6
11Swansea Wales6
12Torbay England5
13Sefton England3
14Argyll and Bute Scotland3
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland3
507 England14 Scotland204 Wales181 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,227
Peak month
September
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Ocenebra erinaceus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
912
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Ocenebra
Name with authority
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13907113 · GBIF 4364689