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Corrugated venus

Venerupis corrugata

1,708Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb128
Mar442
Apr156
May217
Jun159
Jul120
Aug136
Sep226
Oct48
Nov34
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland50
2Orkney Islands Scotland24
3Gwynedd Wales19
4Isle of Anglesey Wales16
5Cornwall England14
6North Ayrshire Scotland14
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland14
8Argyll and Bute Scotland12
9Highland Scotland11
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
11East Lothian Scotland9
12Cambridgeshire England8
13North Yorkshire England7
14Swansea Wales7
15Plymouth England7
158 England175 Scotland174 Wales580 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,708
Peak month
March
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Venerupis corrugata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,042
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Venerupis
Name with authority
Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14513297 · GBIF 4372735