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Red-crusted Pea Mussel

Euglesa personata

523Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb11
Mar20
Apr50
May35
Jun62
Jul79
Aug45
Sep58
Oct39
Nov8
Dec89

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England81
2Essex England33
3Highland Scotland29
4Argyll and Bute Scotland24
5Norfolk England21
6Devon England21
7Worcestershire England20
8Gwynedd Wales17
9Carmarthenshire Wales13
10West Lothian Scotland13
11Cornwall England12
12Suffolk England11
13Isle of Anglesey Wales11
14Gloucestershire England10
15Aberdeenshire Scotland9
352 England100 Scotland67 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
523
Peak month
December
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Euglesa personata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
518
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Sphaeriida
Family
Sphaeriidae
Genus
Euglesa
Name with authority
Euglesa personata (Malm, 1855)
Described
1855
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7954902