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Banded Wedge-shell

Donax vittatus

973Records since 2000
JunePeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb27
Mar58
Apr173
May128
Jun187
Jul109
Aug74
Sep99
Oct58
Nov32
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England16
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
3Ceredigion Wales7
4Pembrokeshire Wales6
5Swansea Wales5
6Gwynedd Wales4
7Fife Scotland4
8North Ayrshire Scotland4
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
11Aberdeen City Scotland3
12Highland Scotland2
13Cornwall England2
14Devon England2
15North Yorkshire England2
105 England66 Scotland207 Wales48 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
973
Peak month
June
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Donax vittatus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
358
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Donacidae
Genus
Donax
Name with authority
Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2876114 · GBIF 5189106