When it is recorded
Jan47
Feb39
Mar101
Apr131
May113
Jun112
Jul195
Aug258
Sep252
Oct117
Nov36
Dec10
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 78 | |
| 2 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 27 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 17 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 17 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 9 | |
| 6 | Gwynedd | Wales | 7 | |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 6 | |
| 8 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 6 | |
| 9 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 6 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 5 | |
| 11 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 5 | |
| 12 | Cambridgeshire | England | 4 | |
| 13 | Norfolk | England | 4 | |
| 14 | Swansea | Wales | 3 | |
| 15 | Brighton and Hove | England | 3 |
283 England174 Scotland147 Wales293 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,450
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 23
- Scientific name
- Mimachlamys varia
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 864
- Most recorded in
- Ards and North Down
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Pectinida
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Genus
- Mimachlamys
- Name with authority
- Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 46
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61681658 · GBIF 4373480