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Oval venus

Timoclea ovata

7,943Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan329
Feb342
Mar504
Apr574
May847
Jun747
Jul1,108
Aug1,418
Sep776
Oct513
Nov251
Dec147

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland30
2Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland28
3Pembrokeshire Wales22
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland20
5Shetland Islands —18
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
9Argyll and Bute Scotland6
10Essex England4
11Orkney Islands Scotland2
12Isles of Scilly England2
13North Ayrshire Scotland2
14Devon England1
15Plymouth England1
474 England2,423 Scotland373 Wales685 Northern Ireland12 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,943
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Timoclea ovata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,126
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Timoclea
Name with authority
Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3804309 · GBIF 2287622