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Small-Ear Fileclam

Limatula subauriculata

2,321Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan54
Feb0
Mar21
Apr41
May38
Jun39
Jul262
Aug1,472
Sep201
Oct79
Nov36
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
2Orkney Islands Scotland2
3Highland Scotland1
103 England180 Scotland20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,321
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Limatula subauriculata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
324
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Limida
Family
Limidae
Genus
Limatula
Name with authority
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Described
1808
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3016174 · GBIF 2288731