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European spoon clam

Cochlodesma praetenue

1,310Records since 2000
JunePeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb41
Mar50
Apr113
May143
Jun260
Jul218
Aug125
Sep128
Oct84
Nov55
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland7
2Orkney Islands Scotland5
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
4Pembrokeshire Wales1
37 England584 Scotland10 Wales81 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,310
Peak month
June
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Cochlodesma praetenue
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
733
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Family
Periplomatidae
Genus
Cochlodesma
Name with authority
Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
Described
1799
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3795521 · GBIF 2288618