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Molluscs

576 species

Garlic Snail

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,561
Scientific name
Oxychilus alliarius

Northern lucina

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,539
Scientific name
Lucinoma borealis

Flat Top Shell

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,533
Scientific name
Steromphala umbilicalis

Smooth Glass Snail

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,442
Scientific name
Aegopinella nitidula

Tree Slug

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
4,439
Scientific name
Lehmannia marginata

Copse Snail

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,382
Scientific name
Arianta arbustorum

Hairy Snail

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,146
Scientific name
Trochulus hispidus

Great Pond Snail

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,111
Scientific name
Lymnaea stagnalis

Elongate abra

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,086
Scientific name
Abra prismatica

Black Arion

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,041
Scientific name
Arion ater

Dog-cockle

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,971
Scientific name
Glycymeris glycymeris

Girdled Snail

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
3,950
Scientific name
Hygromia cinctella

Blunt Gaper

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
3,945
Scientific name
Mya truncata

Native Oyster

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,702
Scientific name
Ostrea edulis

Horse-mussel

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,571
Scientific name
Modiolus modiolus

Cellar Snail

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
3,561
Scientific name
Oxychilus cellarius

Kidneybean Thracia

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,554
Scientific name
Thracia phaseolina

Pointed Topsnail

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,548
Scientific name
Steromphala tumida

Lesser Flying Squid

Peak month
November
Records since 2000
3,484
Scientific name
Todaropsis eblanae

Common Bithynia

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,450
Scientific name
Bithynia tentaculata

Freshwater Nerite

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
3,393
Scientific name
Theodoxus fluviatilis

Zebra Mussel

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
3,352
Scientific name
Dreissena polymorpha

Crested aeolis

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,334
Scientific name
Antiopella cristata

Banded carpet shell

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,253
Scientific name
Polititapes rhomboides

Smooth Artemis

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,093
Scientific name
Dosinia lupinus

Baltic Tellin

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,070
Scientific name
Macoma balthica

Budapest slug

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
3,041
Scientific name
Tandonia budapestensis

Durham slug

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,032
Scientific name
Arion flagellus

Netted Dog Whelk

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,029
Scientific name
Tritia reticulata

Large Amber Snail

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,971
Scientific name
Succinea putris

Rough Periwinkle

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,933
Scientific name
Littorina saxatilis

Thick Top Shell

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,926
Scientific name
Phorcus lineatus

Dwarf tellin

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,920
Scientific name
Asbjornsenia pygmaea

Small Gaper

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,915
Scientific name
Sphenia binghami

Rusty Urchin-shell

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,852
Scientific name
Tellimya ferruginosa

Spiny Myrtea

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,781
Scientific name
Myrtea spinifera

Great Ramshorn

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
2,449
Scientific name
Planorbarius corneus

Ocean Quahog

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
2,449
Scientific name
Arctica islandica