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Shiny nut clam

Nucula nitidosa

8,606Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan257
Feb427
Mar1,021
Apr1,114
May1,350
Jun1,866
Jul760
Aug552
Sep498
Oct331
Nov208
Dec77

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland36
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland26
3Pembrokeshire Wales20
4Argyll and Bute Scotland15
5Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland14
6Essex England10
7Suffolk England8
8Ceredigion Wales5
9Isle of Wight England4
10Isle of Anglesey Wales4
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland4
12Devon England2
13Cumbria England2
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
543 England2,422 Scotland824 Wales656 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,606
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Nucula nitidosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,566
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Nuculida
Family
Nuculidae
Genus
Nucula
Name with authority
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930
Described
1930
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2526848 · GBIF 2285577