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Sand Mason

Lanice conchilega

17,483Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan293
Feb272
Mar576
Apr916
May1,866
Jun2,979
Jul3,976
Aug2,640
Sep2,280
Oct649
Nov336
Dec103

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England159
2Pembrokeshire Wales104
3Ceredigion Wales92
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland73
5Highland Scotland66
6Cornwall England39
7Devon England34
8Isle of Anglesey Wales34
9Torbay England33
10Gwynedd Wales32
11Orkney Islands Scotland31
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland29
13Dorset England23
14Isle of Wight England20
15Isles of Scilly England20
4,826 England1,920 Scotland2,162 Wales963 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,483
Peak month
July
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Lanice conchilega
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,451
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Terebellidae
Genus
Lanice
Name with authority
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
98

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1019295 · GBIF 2325106