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Brackish cockle

Cerastoderma glaucum

239Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar5
Apr7
May7
Jun5
Jul118
Aug15
Sep52
Oct6
Nov6
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England84
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland22
3Suffolk England21
4Pembrokeshire Wales13
5Norfolk England8
6Isle of Wight England4
7Cambridgeshire England3
8Cumbria England2
9Isle of Anglesey Wales2
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
11Highland Scotland1
12Essex England1
13Portsmouth England1
14Moray Scotland1
154 England46 Scotland16 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
239
Peak month
July
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Cerastoderma glaucum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
260
Most recorded in
Dorset
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Cardiidae
Genus
Cerastoderma
Name with authority
Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)
Described
1789

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2550416 · GBIF 2286585