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Chocolate arion

Arion rufus

1,227Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
81Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb13
Mar38
Apr62
May147
Jun145
Jul134
Aug200
Sep246
Oct166
Nov56
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England104
2Nottinghamshire England43
3Cornwall England38
4Dorset England29
5Lincolnshire England28
6Devon England25
7North Yorkshire England24
8Worcestershire England24
9Sheffield England20
10Herefordshire, County of England18
11Cumbria England17
12Pembrokeshire Wales16
13Somerset England15
14Sefton England15
15Gwynedd Wales15
955 England65 Scotland185 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,227
Peak month
September
Counties with records
81
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Arion rufus
Group
Molluscs
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Arionidae
Genus
Arion
Name with authority
Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2153396 · GBIF 2294103