Where Atlantic Bay scallop has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Argopecten irradians, mapped and tabulated by country.
14,506 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Argopecten irradians through GBIF, from 26 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 14,506
- Countries / areas
- 26
- Mapped locations
- 69
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 76
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2285856
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States of America — 13,546 records; Mexico — 527 records; Canada — 240 records; Panama — 76 records; China — 40 records; Ecuador — 18 records; Korea, Republic of — 14 records; Nicaragua — 9 records; Costa Rica — 5 records; Peru — 4 records; France — 3 records; Guadeloupe — 3 records; Martinique — 3 records; Bahamas — 2 records; Chile — 2 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2285856) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2285856&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
North West Atlantic; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea; Chinese part of the South China Sea; Chinese part of the Yellow Sea; United States part of the North Pacific Ocean; Canadian part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156817 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 14,506 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 6 of the 26 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 137 records in total (Panama, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, France, Guadeloupe, Martinique).
76 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2285856) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2285856&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156817 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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