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Arion vulgaris

425Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
61Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar12
Apr28
May47
Jun59
Jul74
Aug75
Sep77
Oct35
Nov13
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland33
2Nottinghamshire England18
3Lincolnshire England17
4Devon England13
5East Lothian Scotland11
6Midlothian Scotland11
7Cambridgeshire England10
8Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland10
9Suffolk England9
10Surrey England8
11Cornwall England8
12Gwynedd Wales8
13Fife Scotland8
14Glasgow City Scotland8
15Kent England7
288 England101 Scotland22 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
425
Peak month
September
Counties with records
61
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Arionidae
Genus
Arion
Name with authority
Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Described
1855

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q932364 · GBIF 7540164