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Dog-cockle

Glycymeris glycymeris

3,971Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan95
Feb76
Mar85
Apr94
May155
Jun172
Jul544
Aug1,598
Sep376
Oct199
Nov262
Dec119

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
2Gwynedd Wales7
3Cornwall England6
4Highland Scotland4
5Kent England2
6Orkney Islands Scotland2
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
8Suffolk England1
9East Riding of Yorkshire England1
10Devon England1
11Argyll and Bute Scotland1
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
13Isle of Anglesey Wales1
14Plymouth England1
257 England97 Scotland97 Wales113 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,971
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Glycymeris glycymeris
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
615
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Arcida
Family
Glycymerididae
Genus
Glycymeris
Name with authority
Glycymeris glycymeris (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 Q1916880 · GBIF 2286266