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Bean Horse-mussel

Modiolula phaseolina

727Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb54
Mar98
Apr72
May57
Jun83
Jul55
Aug78
Sep65
Oct22
Nov11
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland4
2Orkney Islands Scotland3
3Isles of Scilly England2
4Plymouth England1
90 England132 Scotland20 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
727
Peak month
March
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Modiolula phaseolina
Also known as
Bean horse mussel
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
306
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Mytilida
Family
Mytilidae
Genus
Modiolula
Name with authority
Modiolula phaseolina (R.A.Philippi, 1844)
Described
1844
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3792394 · GBIF 2285762