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Elongate abra

Abra prismatica

4,086Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan194
Feb260
Mar332
Apr315
May552
Jun505
Jul716
Aug416
Sep235
Oct137
Nov120
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland28
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
3Highland Scotland4
4Argyll and Bute Scotland3
5Orkney Islands Scotland2
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
7Redcar and Cleveland England1
240 England1,106 Scotland82 Wales315 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,086
Peak month
July
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Abra prismatica
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,813
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Semelidae
Genus
Abra
Name with authority
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Described
1808
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3806259 · GBIF 5189053