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Flexuose Cleftclam

Thyasira flexuosa

11,473Records since 2000
MayPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan474
Feb761
Mar1,203
Apr1,171
May1,696
Jun1,652
Jul1,332
Aug922
Sep889
Oct557
Nov256
Dec176

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland64
2Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland32
3Shetland Islands —25
4Pembrokeshire Wales17
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland17
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
7Argyll and Bute Scotland7
8Redcar and Cleveland England3
9Cornwall England2
10Devon England2
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
13Orkney Islands Scotland1
14Plymouth England1
415 England6,155 Scotland554 Wales1,243 Northern Ireland3 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
11,473
Peak month
May
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Thyasira flexuosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,511
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Lucinida
Family
Thyasiridae
Genus
Thyasira
Name with authority
Thyasira flexuosa (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3789957 · GBIF 2287557