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Small Periwinkle, Lagoon Snail

Melarhaphe neritoides

820Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb4
Mar36
Apr24
May46
Jun79
Jul76
Aug171
Sep280
Oct45
Nov23
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales205
2Scottish Borders Scotland66
3Orkney Islands Scotland34
4Gwynedd Wales29
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland27
6Devon England22
7North Yorkshire England19
8Highland Scotland15
9Isles of Scilly England13
10Argyll and Bute Scotland12
11Plymouth England12
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
13Swansea Wales9
14Wirral England8
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
153 England135 Scotland320 Wales97 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
820
Peak month
September
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Melarhaphe neritoides
Also known as
Small periwinkle
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
735
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Littorinidae
Genus
Melarhaphe
Name with authority
Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4575888 · GBIF 4361922