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Norway cockle

Laevicardium crassum

732Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb5
Mar23
Apr17
May23
Jun24
Jul143
Aug280
Sep121
Oct19
Nov36
Dec19

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
2Devon England3
3Orkney Islands Scotland3
4Isle of Anglesey Wales2
5Isles of Scilly England2
6Highland Scotland1
7Pembrokeshire Wales1
8Isle of Wight England1
9Portsmouth England1
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
11Torbay England1
39 England26 Scotland40 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
732
Peak month
August
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Laevicardium crassum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
142
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Cardiidae
Genus
Laevicardium
Name with authority
Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1386585 · GBIF 2286537