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Desmoulin's whorl snail

Vertigo moulinsiana

297Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
12Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb1
Mar11
Apr2
May7
Jun44
Jul32
Aug24
Sep21
Oct47
Nov33
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England49
2Gwynedd Wales44
3Worcestershire England35
4Cambridgeshire England32
5Cheshire East England29
6Kent England19
7West Berkshire England15
8Powys Wales10
9Oxfordshire England5
10Suffolk England4
11Cornwall England2
12North Yorkshire England1
243 England54 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
297
Peak month
October
Counties with records
12
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Vertigo moulinsiana
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Vertiginidae
Genus
Vertigo
Name with authority
Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849)
Described
1849

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q811137 · GBIF 4567215