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Banded venus

Clausinella fasciata

1,735Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan72
Feb45
Mar161
Apr247
May227
Jun198
Jul201
Aug169
Sep216
Oct48
Nov62
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland22
2Orkney Islands Scotland14
3Isles of Scilly England13
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
5Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
7Cornwall England2
8Argyll and Bute Scotland2
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
11Dorset England1
12Devon England1
13Pembrokeshire Wales1
14Plymouth England1
174 England731 Scotland70 Wales190 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,735
Peak month
April
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Clausinella fasciata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,249
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Clausinella
Name with authority
Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3013036 · GBIF 2287689