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Common Whorl Snail

Vertigo pygmaea

932Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb6
Mar39
Apr83
May104
Jun101
Jul145
Aug84
Sep175
Oct109
Nov25
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England197
2Dorset England57
3Carmarthenshire Wales55
4Swansea Wales45
5Norfolk England34
6Argyll and Bute Scotland26
7Gloucestershire England21
8Cambridgeshire England20
9Powys Wales18
10Kent England17
11East Lothian Scotland17
12Isle of Anglesey Wales17
13Highland Scotland16
14East Riding of Yorkshire England12
15Worcestershire England12
630 England106 Scotland190 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
932
Peak month
September
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Vertigo pygmaea
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Vertigo
Name with authority
Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
Described
1801
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2576949 · GBIF 2293983