🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Lissarca notorcadensis live?

Lissarca notorcadensis has 1,296 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2025. Most records come from Antarctica.

AnimaliaMolluscaBivalviaArcidaPhilobryidaeLissarca

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19022025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 780
South Georgia 493
Argentina 6
Chile 5
French Southern Territories 3
Heard & McDonald Islands 2
New Zealand 2
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.