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A mollusc

Backeljaia gigaxii

73Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar4
Apr7
May6
Jun9
Jul6
Aug13
Sep8
Oct12
Nov4
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Lothian Scotland15
2Kent England5
3Oxfordshire England4
4Gloucestershire England4
5East Riding of Yorkshire England3
6Cambridgeshire England1
7Essex England1
8Northamptonshire England1
9Gwynedd Wales1
10Herefordshire, County of England1
11Isle of Wight England1
54 England15 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
73
Peak month
August
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Backeljaia gigaxii
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
72
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Geomitridae
Genus
Backeljaia
Name with authority
Backeljaia gigaxii (L.Pfeiffer, 1847)
Described
1847

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10211679