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Spiny cockle

Acanthocardia aculeata

142Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb2
Mar4
Apr3
May11
Jun12
Jul35
Aug22
Sep28
Oct19
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England5
2Highland Scotland1
3Sefton England1
4Pembrokeshire Wales1
26 England63 Scotland9 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
142
Peak month
July
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Acanthocardia aculeata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
98
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Cardiidae
Genus
Acanthocardia
Name with authority
Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1548215 · GBIF 2286548