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Shining Pea Mussel

Euglesa nitida

533Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb4
Mar51
Apr19
May23
Jun52
Jul53
Aug48
Sep96
Oct40
Nov14
Dec81

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England54
2Cambridgeshire England32
3Monmouthshire Wales30
4Oxfordshire England26
5Dorset England26
6Norfolk England22
7Highland Scotland19
8Essex England17
9Cumbria England16
10Worcestershire England14
11Gloucestershire England14
12Herefordshire, County of England14
13East Riding of Yorkshire England11
14Surrey England10
15West Berkshire England8
389 England48 Scotland55 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
533
Peak month
September
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Euglesa nitida
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
507
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 nitida (Jenyns, 1832)
Described
1832
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7592108