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Bean-Like Tellin

Fabulina fabula

5,883Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan114
Feb249
Mar595
Apr844
May1,048
Jun1,207
Jul665
Aug303
Sep373
Oct215
Nov172
Dec44

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —21
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
3Highland Scotland11
4Ceredigion Wales8
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
7Pembrokeshire Wales6
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
9Devon England3
10Orkney Islands Scotland3
11Isle of Anglesey Wales2
12Redcar and Cleveland England2
13Plymouth England2
14Cumbria England1
15Conwy Wales1
354 England1,392 Scotland575 Wales374 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,883
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Fabulina fabula
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Tellinidae
Genus
Fabulina
Name with authority
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61681104 · GBIF 2286847