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Smooth blind shell

Caecum glabrum

650Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb5
Mar29
Apr73
May53
Jun34
Jul185
Aug191
Sep20
Oct5
Nov12
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England4
2Isles of Scilly England2
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
4Highland Scotland1
5Devon England1
6Orkney Islands Scotland1
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
121 England29 Scotland72 Wales46 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
650
Peak month
August
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Caecum glabrum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
272
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Caecidae
Genus
Caecum
Name with authority
Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3176812 · GBIF 5192928