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Beautiful grass snail

Vallonia pulchella

197Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb6
Mar8
Apr11
May16
Jun17
Jul26
Aug21
Sep34
Oct28
Nov3
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England36
2Carmarthenshire Wales20
3Cambridgeshire England15
4Oxfordshire England11
5Norfolk England10
6Gloucestershire England8
7East Riding of Yorkshire England6
8Swansea Wales5
9Worcestershire England3
10Sefton England3
11Isle of Anglesey Wales3
12Surrey England2
13Cornwall England2
14Essex England2
15Devon England2
154 England3 Scotland37 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
197
Peak month
September
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Vallonia pulchella
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
191
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Valloniidae
Genus
Vallonia
Name with authority
Vallonia pulchella (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3138089 · GBIF 2296010