About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Little Venus
Species · Molluscs

Little Venus

Gouldia minima

932Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb65
Mar49
Apr176
May101
Jun82
Jul131
Aug131
Sep88
Oct48
Nov2
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England10
2Highland Scotland2
3Gwynedd Wales2
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
5Pembrokeshire Wales1
37 England468 Scotland80 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
932
Peak month
April
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Gouldia minima
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
638
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Gouldia
Name with authority
Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3793097 · GBIF 5189291