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Capped Orb Mussel

Musculium lacustre

671Records since 2000
MayPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar9
Apr39
May165
Jun120
Jul93
Aug68
Sep65
Oct39
Nov13
Dec48

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England72
2Norfolk England54
3Essex England46
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
5North Yorkshire England23
6Suffolk England20
7Oxfordshire England12
8Doncaster England11
9Worcestershire England10
10Gloucestershire England10
11Cheshire East England10
12Kent England9
13Surrey England9
14Rotherham England9
15Bristol, City of England9
527 England59 Scotland85 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
671
Peak month
May
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Musculium lacustre
Group
Molluscs
Most recorded in
Somerset, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Sphaeriida
Family
Sphaeriidae
Genus
Musculium
Name with authority
Musculium lacustre (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3017919 · GBIF 2286717