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Common Valve Snail

Valvata piscinalis

735Records since 2000
JunePeak month
55Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb14
Mar56
Apr67
May109
Jun118
Jul90
Aug61
Sep87
Oct55
Nov22
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England53
2Isle of Anglesey Wales50
3Norfolk England45
4East Riding of Yorkshire England41
5Monmouthshire Wales39
6Somerset England24
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland21
8Oxfordshire England19
9Cambridgeshire England17
10Worcestershire England17
11Doncaster England15
12Nottinghamshire England13
13West Berkshire England12
14Suffolk England11
15Essex England11
471 England82 Scotland148 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
735
Peak month
June
Counties with records
55
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Valvata piscinalis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
719
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Valvatidae
Genus
Valvata
Name with authority
Valvata piscinalis (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1768673 · GBIF 2298076