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Faroe sunset shell

Gari fervensis

1,548Records since 2000
JunePeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb46
Mar121
Apr148
May235
Jun276
Jul195
Aug104
Sep171
Oct68
Nov54
Dec28

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales4
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
4Orkney Islands Scotland3
5Highland Scotland2
6Gwynedd Wales2
7Isles of Scilly England2
8East Riding of Yorkshire England1
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
11Torbay England1
79 England409 Scotland81 Wales122 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,548
Peak month
June
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Gari fervensis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
714
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Psammobiidae
Genus
Gari
Name with authority
Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3801358 · GBIF 5189085