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Northern lucina

Lucinoma borealis

4,539Records since 2000
MayPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan165
Feb212
Mar449
Apr387
May717
Jun620
Jul438
Aug405
Sep424
Oct278
Nov79
Dec98

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland38
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland32
3Orkney Islands Scotland18
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
5Pembrokeshire Wales6
6Shetland Islands —6
7Isles of Scilly England6
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
9Cornwall England4
10Gwynedd Wales4
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
12Cambridgeshire England2
13Argyll and Bute Scotland2
14Isle of Wight England2
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
269 England2,558 Scotland78 Wales322 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,539
Peak month
May
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Lucinoma borealis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,353
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Lucinida
Family
Lucinidae
Genus
Lucinoma
Name with authority
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1873467 · GBIF 2287446