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Blunt Gaper

Mya truncata

3,945Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan117
Feb267
Mar524
Apr341
May531
Jun393
Jul547
Aug420
Sep425
Oct157
Nov95
Dec86

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland20
2Argyll and Bute Scotland11
3Shetland Islands —10
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland9
5North Ayrshire Scotland8
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
7Cambridgeshire England7
8Orkney Islands Scotland7
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
12East Lothian Scotland4
13Belfast Northern Ireland4
14Norfolk England3
15Gwynedd Wales3
168 England1,331 Scotland57 Wales1,059 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,945
Peak month
July
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Mya truncata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,672
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Myida
Family
Myidae
Genus
Mya
Name with authority
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q320415 · GBIF 7865139