When it is recorded
Jan84
Feb217
Mar143
Apr140
May202
Jun305
Jul427
Aug678
Sep831
Oct165
Nov123
Dec62
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 134 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 70 | |
| 3 | Shetland Islands | — | 20 | |
| 4 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 17 | |
| 5 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 15 | |
| 6 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 9 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 8 | |
| 8 | Inverclyde | Scotland | 8 | |
| 9 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 6 | |
| 10 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 6 | |
| 11 | East Lothian | Scotland | 5 | |
| 12 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 5 | |
| 13 | Norfolk | England | 3 | |
| 14 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 3 | |
| 15 | Plymouth | England | 2 |
196 England1,636 Scotland257 Wales504 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,571
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 20
- Scientific name
- Modiolus modiolus
- Also known as
- horse mussel
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,606
- Most recorded in
- Argyll and Bute, Highland
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Mytilida
- Family
- Mytilidae
- Genus
- Modiolus
- Name with authority
- Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 55
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q686276 · GBIF 2285656