Buccinum undatum sinistrorsum

Common Whelk

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Buccinidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: Scotland; West Scotland; coast
Region: Scotland
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Buccinum undatum observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5,877 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

Rømø, Region of Southern Denmark, DK

(c) christian-1956, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25

Inn by the Sea, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK

(c) soph_c, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25

Inn by the Sea, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK

(c) jerrypt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

England, GB

(c) Alexander Bevan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Rømø

(c) E. Groenhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Northern Ireland, GB

(c) Anna Kellagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Buccinum undatum sinistrorsum. BPBM 236031. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35638454. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/236031.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35638454 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026