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Venus casina

1,003Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb121
Mar65
Apr102
May98
Jun86
Jul132
Aug114
Sep126
Oct52
Nov55
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland11
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
3Argyll and Bute Scotland6
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
5Orkney Islands Scotland2
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
8Pembrokeshire Wales1
9Plymouth England1
92 England390 Scotland38 Wales176 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,003
Peak month
July
Counties with records
9
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
737
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Venus
Name with authority
Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7139607 · GBIF 4372673