About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Zebra Mussel
Species · Molluscs

Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

3,352Records since 2000
MayPeak month
52Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan68
Feb61
Mar294
Apr370
May495
Jun123
Jul181
Aug229
Sep415
Oct494
Nov453
Dec163

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England404
2Lincolnshire England342
3Norfolk England300
4Northamptonshire England158
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland130
6North Lincolnshire England112
7Rutland England109
8Peterborough England98
9Oxfordshire England97
10Surrey England94
11Gloucestershire England74
12Cheshire East England72
13Leeds England59
14East Riding of Yorkshire England50
15Kent England45
3,106 England5 Scotland56 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,352
Peak month
May
Counties with records
52
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Dreissena polymorpha
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,873
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Myida
Family
Dreissenidae
Genus
Dreissena
Name with authority
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Described
1771
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q752130 · GBIF 2287072