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Small Gaper

Sphenia binghami

2,915Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan49
Feb43
Mar105
Apr62
May200
Jun338
Jul335
Aug987
Sep386
Oct197
Nov122
Dec58

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales3
2Ceredigion Wales3
3Highland Scotland1
4Gwynedd Wales1
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland1
190 England26 Scotland111 Wales97 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,915
Peak month
August
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Sphenia binghami
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
441
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Myida
Family
Myidae
Genus
Sphenia
Name with authority
Sphenia binghami W.Turton, 1822
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3799512 · GBIF 2288935