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Rayed Artemis

Dosinia exoleta

2,022Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb68
Mar101
Apr153
May223
Jun273
Jul394
Aug293
Sep168
Oct121
Nov62
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland30
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland29
3Argyll and Bute Scotland20
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland14
6Isles of Scilly England11
7Orkney Islands Scotland10
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
9Cornwall England4
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
11Inverclyde Scotland3
12North Yorkshire England2
13Gwynedd Wales2
14Shetland Islands —2
15Isle of Anglesey Wales2
145 England959 Scotland59 Wales100 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,022
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Dosinia exoleta
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,261
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Dosinia
Name with authority
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q706828 · GBIF 2287837