When it is recorded
Jan37
Feb66
Mar174
Apr327
May159
Jun124
Jul108
Aug93
Sep120
Oct30
Nov58
Dec33
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorset | England | 59 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 31 | |
| 3 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 26 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 12 | |
| 5 | Swansea | Wales | 12 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 11 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 10 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 9 | |
| 9 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 8 | |
| 10 | Cambridgeshire | England | 6 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 6 | |
| 12 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 6 | |
| 13 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 5 | |
| 14 | Plymouth | England | 5 | |
| 15 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 4 |
343 England371 Scotland188 Wales139 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,391
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 37
- Scientific name
- Mya arenaria
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,028
- Most recorded in
- Dorset
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Myida
- Family
- Myidae
- Genus
- Mya
- Name with authority
- Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 44
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q20958 · GBIF 7791733