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Common nut clam

Nucula nucleus

5,272Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan138
Feb380
Mar717
Apr360
May521
Jun724
Jul555
Aug771
Sep541
Oct239
Nov125
Dec77

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland12
3Suffolk England7
4Pembrokeshire Wales7
5Essex England6
6Highland Scotland4
7Isle of Wight England4
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
9Orkney Islands Scotland3
10Cambridgeshire England2
11Devon England2
12Plymouth England2
13Argyll and Bute Scotland1
14Aberdeenshire Scotland1
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
402 England744 Scotland279 Wales735 Northern Ireland14 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,272
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Nucula nucleus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,251
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Nuculida
Family
Nuculidae
Genus
Nucula
Name with authority
Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3805021 · GBIF 2285583