When it is recorded
Jan55
Feb59
Mar297
Apr1,052
May374
Jun644
Jul242
Aug621
Sep1,155
Oct339
Nov53
Dec228
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wirral | England | 306 | |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 80 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 72 | |
| 4 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 52 | |
| 5 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 50 | |
| 6 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 47 | |
| 7 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 46 | |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 43 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 40 | |
| 10 | Sefton | England | 36 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 32 | |
| 12 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 32 | |
| 13 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 32 | |
| 14 | Isle of Wight | England | 28 | |
| 15 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 27 |
1,339 England434 Scotland2,485 Wales571 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,323
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 53
- Scientific name
- Cerastoderma edule
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,738
- Most recorded in
- Wirral, Gwynedd, Cornwall, Ards and North Down, Pembrokeshire
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Genus
- Cerastoderma
- Name with authority
- Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 70
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21124 · GBIF 2286583