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Bourguignat's Slug

Arion fasciatus

3,328Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
84Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan87
Feb145
Mar430
Apr663
May598
Jun404
Jul184
Aug134
Sep246
Oct245
Nov93
Dec93

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England896
2Nottinghamshire England261
3Highland Scotland186
4East Lothian Scotland135
5Scottish Borders Scotland104
6Gloucestershire England91
7Lincolnshire England90
8East Riding of Yorkshire England89
9York England88
10Leeds England87
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland56
12West Lothian Scotland52
13Redcar and Cleveland England49
14Midlothian Scotland45
15Cumbria England35
2,331 England844 Scotland141 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,328
Peak month
April
Counties with records
84
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Arion fasciatus
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Arionidae
Genus
Arion
Name with authority
Arion fasciatus (Nilsson, 1823)
Described
1823
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1499440 · GBIF 2294102