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Swollen River Mussel

Unio tumidus

74Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
14Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar6
Apr8
May7
Jun4
Jul12
Aug6
Sep11
Oct2
Nov2
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England11
2Oxfordshire England8
3Cambridgeshire England6
4Northamptonshire England6
5Surrey England3
6East Riding of Yorkshire England3
7Doncaster England3
8Somerset England2
9Cheshire East England2
10Bedford England2
11Dudley England2
12Kent England1
13Cornwall England1
14Bradford England1
74 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
74
Peak month
July
Counties with records
14
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Unio tumidus
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Unionida
Family
Unionidae
Genus
Unio
Name with authority
Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788
Described
1788

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q577438 · GBIF 4374773