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A spire snail

Ecrobia ventrosa

258Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb0
Mar15
Apr3
May4
Jun11
Jul9
Aug40
Sep88
Oct19
Nov4
Dec49

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales81
2Suffolk England25
3East Riding of Yorkshire England24
4Kent England17
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland16
6Norfolk England6
7Isle of Wight England6
8Cambridgeshire England3
9Essex England3
10Portsmouth England3
11Monmouthshire Wales3
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
13Dorset England2
14Cornwall England2
15Gwynedd Wales2
140 England17 Scotland92 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
258
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ecrobia ventrosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
253
Most recorded in
Isle of Anglesey
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Hydrobiidae
Genus
Ecrobia
Name with authority
Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3140756 · GBIF 4361870