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Red Whelk

Neptunea antiqua

1,271Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb36
Mar17
Apr15
May19
Jun29
Jul45
Aug487
Sep557
Oct20
Nov24
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland5
2Cambridgeshire England4
3Norfolk England2
4Argyll and Bute Scotland2
5North Ayrshire Scotland2
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
7Belfast Northern Ireland2
8Essex England1
9Lincolnshire England1
10Sefton England1
11Aberdeenshire Scotland1
12Isle of Anglesey Wales1
34 England75 Scotland43 Wales61 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,271
Peak month
September
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Neptunea antiqua
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
216
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Buccinidae
Genus
Neptunea
Name with authority
Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q283978 · GBIF 2304683