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Rusty Urchin-shell

Tellimya ferruginosa

2,852Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan72
Feb92
Mar296
Apr313
May420
Jun691
Jul288
Aug143
Sep125
Oct101
Nov85
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland11
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
3Highland Scotland3
4Devon England1
5Pembrokeshire Wales1
6Orkney Islands Scotland1
7Plymouth England1
212 England445 Scotland196 Wales178 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,852
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Tellimya ferruginosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,073
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Galeommatida
Family
Lasaeidae
Genus
Tellimya
Name with authority
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)
Described
1808
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3017073 · GBIF 2287221