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Striped Venus Clam

Chamelea gallina

2,026Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan156
Feb89
Mar128
Apr142
May233
Jun201
Jul313
Aug213
Sep200
Oct203
Nov29
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland14
2Pembrokeshire Wales10
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
4Highland Scotland5
5Shetland Islands —5
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
7Cornwall England2
8Devon England2
9North Yorkshire England2
10Swansea Wales2
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
12Fife Scotland1
13Dundee City Scotland1
26 England1,473 Scotland127 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,026
Peak month
July
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Chamelea gallina
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Chamelea
Name with authority
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2948502 · GBIF 2287705