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Dwarf tellin

Asbjornsenia pygmaea

2,920Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan167
Feb97
Mar183
Apr251
May219
Jun259
Jul460
Aug561
Sep337
Oct142
Nov122
Dec104

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland14
2Isles of Scilly England11
3Shetland Islands —8
4Orkney Islands Scotland7
5Cornwall England4
6Argyll and Bute Scotland3
7Pembrokeshire Wales2
8Scottish Borders Scotland1
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
10Plymouth England1
307 England908 Scotland156 Wales76 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,920
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Asbjornsenia pygmaea
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,490
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Tellinidae
Genus
Asbjornsenia
Name with authority
Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)
Described
1846
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61698211 · GBIF 8847968