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Smooth Artemis

Dosinia lupinus

3,093Records since 2000
JunePeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan97
Feb170
Mar230
Apr267
May441
Jun581
Jul420
Aug258
Sep275
Oct151
Nov88
Dec67

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland15
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland14
3Pembrokeshire Wales9
4Shetland Islands —5
5Orkney Islands Scotland5
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
8Scottish Borders Scotland3
9Isle of Anglesey Wales2
10Cornwall England1
11Argyll and Bute Scotland1
86 England1,632 Scotland129 Wales175 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,093
Peak month
June
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Dosinia lupinus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,087
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Dosinia
Name with authority
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1250981 · GBIF 2287835