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Bearded horse-mussel

Modiolus barbatus

56Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr6
May4
Jun3
Jul10
Aug11
Sep12
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England6
2Devon England3
3Gwynedd Wales1
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
12 England5 Scotland5 Wales1 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
56
Peak month
September
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Modiolus barbatus
Group
Molluscs
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Mytilida
Family
Mytilidae
Genus
Modiolus
Name with authority
Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3564839 · GBIF 2285653