When it is recorded
Jan384
Feb654
Mar3,936
Apr920
May258
Jun822
Jul1,821
Aug1,842
Sep5,862
Oct4,402
Nov235
Dec103
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 165 | |
| 2 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 118 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 102 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 51 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 44 | |
| 6 | Shetland Islands | — | 17 | |
| 7 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 12 | |
| 8 | Torbay | England | 11 | |
| 9 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 9 | |
| 10 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 7 | |
| 11 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 7 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 6 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 6 | |
| 14 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 6 | |
| 15 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 5 |
2,053 England1,843 Scotland387 Wales500 Northern Ireland16 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 21,571
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 31
- Scientific name
- Aequipecten opercularis
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,102
- Most recorded in
- Dorset, Argyll and Bute, Highland, Cornwall
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Pectinida
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Genus
- Aequipecten
- Name with authority
- Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 51
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3789454 · GBIF 2285838