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Twin Fan Worm

Bispira volutacornis

4,203Records since 2000
MayPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb16
Mar37
Apr284
May1,074
Jun682
Jul784
Aug598
Sep475
Oct175
Nov43
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales100
2Torbay England49
3Dorset England36
4Kent England20
5Devon England19
6Gwynedd Wales11
7Cornwall England10
8Plymouth England7
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
10Isle of Anglesey Wales5
11Argyll and Bute Scotland4
12Isle of Wight England4
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
14Suffolk England1
3,101 England21 Scotland963 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,203
Peak month
May
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Bispira volutacornis
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,696
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Sabellidae
Genus
Bispira
Name with authority
Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2798601 · GBIF 2329517