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Pallid chink shell

Lacuna pallidula

270Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar8
Apr12
May22
Jun42
Jul33
Aug56
Sep77
Oct17
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland21
2Orkney Islands Scotland12
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
4Isles of Scilly England10
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
6East Riding of Yorkshire England6
7Dorset England4
8Argyll and Bute Scotland4
9Pembrokeshire Wales3
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
11Gwynedd Wales2
12East Lothian Scotland2
13Isle of Anglesey Wales2
14Plymouth England2
15North Yorkshire England1
67 England28 Scotland32 Wales104 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
270
Peak month
September
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Lacuna pallidula
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
252
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Littorinidae
Genus
Lacuna
Name with authority
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1426133 · GBIF 2301181