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Atlantic Surf Clam

Spisula solida

840Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb38
Mar35
Apr33
May99
Jun179
Jul154
Aug121
Sep72
Oct34
Nov15
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
2Cambridgeshire England7
3Devon England7
4Cornwall England6
5Aberdeen City Scotland6
6East Lothian Scotland4
7Orkney Islands Scotland4
8Sefton England3
9Fife Scotland3
10Isle of Anglesey Wales3
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
12East Riding of Yorkshire England2
13North Yorkshire England2
14Gwynedd Wales2
15Aberdeenshire Scotland2
105 England86 Scotland50 Wales138 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
840
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Spisula solida
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
347
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Mactridae
Genus
Spisula
Name with authority
Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1811265 · GBIF 5188981