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Thin Tellin

Macomangulus tenuis

1,069Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb30
Mar47
Apr120
May145
Jun161
Jul98
Aug189
Sep180
Oct49
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland25
2Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
3Isles of Scilly England11
4North Ayrshire Scotland11
5Orkney Islands Scotland9
6Gwynedd Wales8
7Swansea Wales8
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
10Cambridgeshire England5
11North Yorkshire England4
12Sefton England4
13Cornwall England3
14Carmarthenshire Wales3
15Torbay England3
116 England246 Scotland406 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,069
Peak month
August
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Macomangulus tenuis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
915
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Family
Tellinidae
Genus
Macomangulus
Name with authority
Macomangulus tenuis (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61698123 · GBIF 8761891