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Horny Orb Mussel

Sphaerium corneum

2,423Records since 2000
MayPeak month
82Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb33
Mar131
Apr272
May381
Jun344
Jul362
Aug254
Sep215
Oct179
Nov75
Dec109

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England169
2Falkirk Scotland157
3Somerset England134
4City of Edinburgh Scotland119
5West Lothian Scotland116
6North Yorkshire England107
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland77
8Cambridgeshire England65
9East Riding of Yorkshire England64
10East Dunbartonshire Scotland52
11Suffolk England46
12Glasgow City Scotland43
13Kent England42
14Essex England39
15Oxfordshire England35
1,536 England678 Scotland132 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,423
Peak month
May
Counties with records
82
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Sphaerium corneum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,373
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Sphaeriida
Family
Sphaeriidae
Genus
Sphaerium
Name with authority
Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q729107 · GBIF 2286709