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Nut orb mussel

Sphaerium rivicola

65Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
11Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr7
May11
Jun5
Jul2
Aug6
Sep17
Oct3
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England9
2Surrey England4
3Gloucestershire England4
4Oxfordshire England2
5East Riding of Yorkshire England2
6Bedford England2
7Essex England1
8Lincolnshire England1
9Nottinghamshire England1
10Northamptonshire England1
11Bradford England1
61 England

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
65
Peak month
September
Counties with records
11
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Sphaerium rivicola
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
63
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Sphaeriida
Family
Sphaeriidae
Genus
Sphaerium
Name with authority
Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
Described
1818

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7576510 · GBIF 5855596