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Painter's Mussel

Unio pictorum

197Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb5
Mar7
Apr23
May18
Jun19
Jul30
Aug23
Sep22
Oct8
Nov10
Dec23

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England15
2Norfolk England12
3North Yorkshire England10
4Suffolk England8
5Bedford England7
6Lincolnshire England6
7Oxfordshire England5
8Surrey England5
9Worcestershire England5
10Northamptonshire England4
11Doncaster England4
12Somerset England3
13Herefordshire, County of England3
14Essex England2
15Powys Wales2
190 England7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
197
Peak month
July
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Unio pictorum
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Unionida
Family
Unionidae
Genus
Unio
Name with authority
Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q943262 · GBIF 4374772