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Two-toothed Montagu shell

Kurtiella bidentata

17,412Records since 2000
JunePeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan541
Feb791
Mar2,084
Apr1,984
May2,216
Jun2,727
Jul2,222
Aug1,669
Sep1,500
Oct717
Nov423
Dec222

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland62
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland55
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland39
4Argyll and Bute Scotland32
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland28
6Shetland Islands —25
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland22
8Pembrokeshire Wales21
9Cornwall England12
10Essex England10
11Redcar and Cleveland England8
12Devon England7
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
14Orkney Islands Scotland5
15Cumbria England4
1,045 England5,578 Scotland1,089 Wales1,825 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

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
17,412
Peak month
June
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Kurtiella bidentata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,756
Most recorded in
Highland, Ards and North Down
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Galeommatida
Family
Lasaeidae
Genus
Kurtiella
Name with authority
Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
56

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2404701 · GBIF 4371646