Where Queen scallop has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Aequipecten opercularis, mapped and tabulated by country.
44,987 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Aequipecten opercularis through GBIF, from 40 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
- 44,987
- Countries / areas
- 40
- Mapped locations
- 200
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 123
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2285838
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — 25,922 records; France — 5,460 records; Netherlands — 4,001 records; Ireland — 3,422 records; Isle of Man — 1,730 records; Guernsey — 1,138 records; Norway — 924 records; Denmark — 399 records; Belgium — 379 records; Spain — 354 records; Italy — 343 records; Sweden — 255 records; Germany — 200 records; Portugal — 161 records; Jersey — 122 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2285838) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2285838&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
European waters (ERMS scope); North Sea; Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone; De Panne; Koksijde; British Isles; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone; Westende; Westkust; Moroccan part of the North Atlantic Ocean; Spain - Demarcación Marina Noratlántica; Wimereux; Goote Bank; Oostende; Irish Exclusive economic Zone; Azores Exclusive Economic Zone; Swedish part of the Skagerrak; Marmara Sea; Turkish part of the Aegean Sea; Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Dardanelles; Bosporus; Spain - Demarcación Marina Levantino-Balear; Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y Alborán; Spain - Demarcación Marina Sudatlántica; Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140687 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 44,987 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 40 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 69 records in total (Faroe Islands, Morocco, Cyprus, Tunisia, Israel, United States of America, Austria, Egypt).
123 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 2285838) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2285838&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140687 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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