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White tortoiseshell limpet

Tectura virginea

1,355Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb45
Mar41
Apr97
May197
Jun112
Jul172
Aug227
Sep273
Oct89
Nov42
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland42
2Highland Scotland26
3Orkney Islands Scotland26
4Shetland Islands —15
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
6Isles of Scilly England12
7Plymouth England12
8Argyll and Bute Scotland7
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
11Dorset England5
12East Riding of Yorkshire England5
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
14Norfolk England4
15Cornwall England4
233 England728 Scotland36 Wales176 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,355
Peak month
September
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Tectura virginea
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,199
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Lottiidae
Genus
Tectura
Name with authority
Tectura virginea (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1713442 · GBIF 5191383