When it is recorded
Jan321
Feb812
Mar3,169
Apr756
May993
Jun872
Jul900
Aug1,252
Sep1,510
Oct667
Nov221
Dec119
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 227 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 123 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 121 | |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 113 | |
| 5 | Torbay | England | 104 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 66 | |
| 7 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 49 | |
| 8 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 41 | |
| 9 | Plymouth | England | 28 | |
| 10 | Gwynedd | Wales | 20 | |
| 11 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 17 | |
| 12 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 17 | |
| 13 | Shetland Islands | — | 11 | |
| 14 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 11 | |
| 15 | Isle of Wight | England | 10 |
2,084 England2,099 Scotland577 Wales534 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 11,696
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 28
- Scientific name
- Pecten maximus
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,939
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Pectinida
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Genus
- Pecten
- Name with authority
- Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 48
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1249634 · GBIF 2285980