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Swan Mussel

Anodonta cygnea

499Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb16
Mar42
Apr61
May44
Jun52
Jul61
Aug51
Sep42
Oct41
Nov19
Dec44

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England34
2Cambridgeshire England22
3City of Edinburgh Scotland18
4East Riding of Yorkshire England15
5Norfolk England13
6Herefordshire, County of England11
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland10
8Essex England9
9Worcestershire England8
10Isle of Anglesey Wales8
11Doncaster England7
12Rotherham England7
13York England7
14Cornwall England6
15Lincolnshire England6
431 England27 Scotland28 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
499
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anodonta cygnea
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Unionida
Family
Unionidae
Genus
Anodonta
Name with authority
Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q777865 · GBIF 4374774