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Canoe-shell

Scaphander lignarius

543Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
1Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb25
Mar234
Apr40
May3
Jun24
Jul12
Aug92
Sep81
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England3
11 England9 Scotland9 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 1 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
543
Peak month
March
Counties with records
1
Scientific name
Scaphander lignarius
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Scaphandridae
Genus
Scaphander
Name with authority
Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3140292 · GBIF 2291662