Where Variegated scallop has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Mimachlamys varia, mapped and tabulated by country.
15,282 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Mimachlamys varia through GBIF, from 39 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
- 15,282
- Countries / areas
- 39
- Mapped locations
- 125
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 199
- Gbif taxonkey
- 4373480
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 4,134 records; France — 3,262 records; Portugal — 2,042 records; Netherlands — 1,766 records; Spain — 1,335 records; Ireland — 646 records; Italy — 534 records; Norway — 263 records; Greece — 214 records; Sweden — 190 records; Germany — 166 records; Croatia — 128 records; Denmark — 116 records; Jersey — 98 records; Belgium — 64 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 4373480) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4373480&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Tunis Gulf; Boughrara Lagoon; Gulf of Gabès; North Coast of Tunisia; Turkish part of the Black Sea; Marmara Sea; Turkish part of the Aegean Sea; Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Dardanelles; Bosporus; Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y Alborán; Spain - Demarcación Marina Sudatlántica; Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin; Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Spain - Demarcación Marina Canaria.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236719 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 15,282 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 22 of the 39 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 192 records in total (Isle of Man, Guernsey, Tunisia, Malta, Egypt, Cyprus, Western Sahara, Mauritania).
199 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 4373480) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4373480&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236719 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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