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Rayed trough clam

Mactra stultorum

1,310Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb21
Mar87
Apr109
May138
Jun258
Jul271
Aug152
Sep141
Oct62
Nov29
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England58
2Devon England5
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
4Cornwall England4
5Pembrokeshire Wales4
6East Lothian Scotland4
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
8Wirral England4
9Cambridgeshire England3
10East Riding of Yorkshire England3
11Essex England3
12Fife Scotland3
13Kent England2
14Highland Scotland2
15North Yorkshire England2
231 England57 Scotland152 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,310
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Mactra stultorum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
345
Most recorded in
Sefton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Mactridae
Genus
Mactra
Name with authority
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3794405 · GBIF 2286383