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Oval Cockle

Parvicardium pinnulatum

1,682Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb89
Mar141
Apr98
May292
Jun146
Jul273
Aug157
Sep334
Oct35
Nov48
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland14
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland10
3Shetland Islands —6
4Orkney Islands Scotland5
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
7Cornwall England2
8Isles of Scilly England2
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
105 England631 Scotland34 Wales431 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,682
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Parvicardium pinnulatum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,221
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Cardiidae
Genus
Parvicardium
Name with authority
Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831)
Described
1831
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3805265 · GBIF 4372191