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Crystal Snail

Vitrea crystallina

1,047Records since 2000
MayPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb40
Mar66
Apr111
May151
Jun147
Jul103
Aug94
Sep111
Oct101
Nov34
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England210
2Gloucestershire England110
3Scottish Borders Scotland53
4Highland Scotland33
5Worcestershire England28
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland28
7Cambridgeshire England26
8Redcar and Cleveland England26
9East Lothian Scotland18
10Cornwall England14
11Cumbria England14
12Powys Wales14
13Norfolk England12
14Oxfordshire England12
15Sheffield England11
773 England213 Scotland53 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,047
Peak month
May
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Vitrea crystallina
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,022
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Pristilomatidae
Genus
Vitrea
Name with authority
Vitrea crystallina (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 Q3203943 · GBIF 4562692