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Cut surfclam

Spisula subtruncata

2,307Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan45
Feb105
Mar372
Apr233
May295
Jun315
Jul137
Aug118
Sep485
Oct123
Nov56
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland13
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland12
3Orkney Islands Scotland5
4City of Edinburgh Scotland4
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland4
6Sefton England3
7Essex England2
8Ceredigion Wales2
9Scottish Borders Scotland2
10Isle of Anglesey Wales2
11North Ayrshire Scotland2
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
13Torbay England2
14Kent England1
15Cornwall England1
113 England126 Scotland221 Wales738 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,307
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Spisula subtruncata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,217
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Mactridae
Genus
Spisula
Name with authority
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q785642 · GBIF 5188986