Species Detail - Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera (Margaritifera) margaritifera) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "All Ireland Non-Marine Molluscan Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Margaritifera (Margaritifera) margaritifera
Freshwater Pearl Mussel
Margaritifera margaritifera, Scottish Pearl Mussel
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex V || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
mamar
(Linnaeus, 1758)
mollusc
Species
109
32
18
01/08/1845
08/05/2007
1 February (recorded in 1900)
19 December (recorded in 2006)
Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, All Ireland Non-Marine Molluscan Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera (Margaritifera) margaritifera), accessed 29 March 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/1/Species/123483>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)