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Thick-Lipped Dog Whelk

Tritia incrassata

1,157Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb36
Mar77
Apr96
May216
Jun121
Jul166
Aug147
Sep177
Oct45
Nov19
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland24
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland16
3Isles of Scilly England12
4Cornwall England11
5North Yorkshire England9
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
7Dorset England5
8Gwynedd Wales5
9Pembrokeshire Wales5
10East Lothian Scotland4
11Devon England3
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
13Isle of Anglesey Wales3
14Plymouth England3
15Norfolk England2
292 England295 Scotland104 Wales91 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,157
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Tritia incrassata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
825
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Nassariidae
Genus
Tritia
Name with authority
Tritia incrassata (Strøm, 1768)
Described
1768
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61697801 · GBIF 8632060