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Spiny Myrtea

Myrtea spinifera

2,781Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan130
Feb149
Mar281
Apr201
May273
Jun473
Jul349
Aug325
Sep177
Oct161
Nov102
Dec118

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland29
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland13
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
5Argyll and Bute Scotland4
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
13 England2,093 Scotland22 Wales355 Northern Ireland4 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,781
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Myrtea spinifera
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,532
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Lucinida
Family
Lucinidae
Genus
Myrtea
Name with authority
Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3795681 · GBIF 5189215