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Peppery Furrow Shell

Scrobicularia plana

1,333Records since 2000
MayPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb15
Mar199
Apr59
May235
Jun182
Jul56
Aug206
Sep173
Oct62
Nov53
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England93
2Gwynedd Wales77
3Cornwall England61
4Suffolk England37
5Swansea Wales22
6Carmarthenshire Wales13
7Isle of Anglesey Wales13
8Sefton England10
9Ceredigion Wales8
10Cambridgeshire England5
11Highland Scotland5
12Essex England5
13Conwy Wales5
14Wirral England5
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
433 England44 Scotland779 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,333
Peak month
May
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Scrobicularia plana
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,326
Most recorded in
Devon, Gwynedd, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Semelidae
Genus
Scrobicularia
Name with authority
Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2477453 · GBIF 5189062