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Slit Limpet

Emarginula fissura

585Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb31
Mar29
Apr25
May82
Jun25
Jul49
Aug199
Sep53
Oct27
Nov18
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland6
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
3Highland Scotland4
4Argyll and Bute Scotland2
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
6Shetland Islands —1
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
29 England100 Scotland44 Wales78 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
585
Peak month
August
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Emarginula fissura
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
250
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Lepetellida
Family
Fissurellidae
Genus
Emarginula
Name with authority
Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3171004 · GBIF 2293448