Species Detail - Small Dog Whelk (Tritia varicosa) - 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).
Tritia varicosa
Small Dog Whelk
NHMSYS0021524162
RecommendedWell-formed
Hinia pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822), Nassarius pygmaeus , Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822), Tritia pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
N/A
trvar
(W. Turton, 1825)
Mollusc
Species
59
21
11
09/01/2012
02/02/2024
9 January (recorded in 2012)
21 December (recorded in 2012)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Dog Whelk (Tritia varicosa), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/309421