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Dwarf Snail

Punctum pygmaeum

1,081Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb21
Mar68
Apr77
May123
Jun120
Jul160
Aug83
Sep137
Oct126
Nov63
Dec57

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England222
2Highland Scotland51
3Gloucestershire England47
4Carmarthenshire Wales42
5Aberdeenshire Scotland34
6Cambridgeshire England30
7Norfolk England29
8Scottish Borders Scotland26
9Redcar and Cleveland England26
10Swansea Wales24
11Worcestershire England23
12Argyll and Bute Scotland19
13Cumbria England17
14Dorset England15
15Powys Wales15
761 England214 Scotland103 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,081
Peak month
July
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Punctum pygmaeum
Group
Molluscs
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Punctidae
Genus
Punctum
Name with authority
Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801)
Described
1801
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3203820 · GBIF 4568278