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Striped venus

Chamelea striatula

5,565Records since 2000
JunePeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan127
Feb276
Mar530
Apr972
May977
Jun1,121
Jul510
Aug210
Sep483
Oct143
Nov136
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland18
2Orkney Islands Scotland10
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
4Gwynedd Wales9
5Isle of Anglesey Wales9
6Pembrokeshire Wales8
7North Ayrshire Scotland8
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland8
9Cornwall England6
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
11Sefton England5
12Argyll and Bute Scotland5
13Ceredigion Wales5
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
335 England832 Scotland502 Wales941 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,565
Peak month
June
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Chamelea striatula
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,273
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Chamelea
Name with authority
Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2157525 · GBIF 4372852