Species Detail - Pearly Top Shell (Margarites helicinus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Margarites helicinus
Pearly Top Shell
NBNSYS0000176373
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
mahel
(Phipps, 1774)
Mollusc
Species
1
1
1
24/11/2015
24/11/2015
2 May (recorded in 1985)
24 November (recorded in 2015)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Pearly Top Shell (Margarites helicinus), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/120702