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Common Spindle

Colus gracilis

614Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb10
Mar8
Apr3
May26
Jun3
Jul5
Aug253
Sep273
Oct8
Nov2
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England3
2North Ayrshire Scotland2
3Gwynedd Wales1
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
5Orkney Islands Scotland1
6Torbay England1
15 England23 Scotland16 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
614
Peak month
September
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Colus gracilis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
54
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Colidae
Genus
Colus
Name with authority
Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3140343 · GBIF 5193509