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Ear pond snail

Radix auricularia

293Records since 2000
JunePeak month
44Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb11
Mar14
Apr20
May28
Jun43
Jul34
Aug26
Sep32
Oct30
Nov11
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England33
2Cambridgeshire England18
3Somerset England11
4East Riding of Yorkshire England9
5Suffolk England8
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
7Worcestershire England7
8Bedford England7
9Lincolnshire England6
10Nottinghamshire England6
11Cheshire East England6
12Doncaster England6
13Kent England5
14Oxfordshire England5
15Surrey England4
238 England8 Scotland27 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
293
Peak month
June
Counties with records
44
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Radix auricularia
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
285
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Lymnaeidae
Genus
Radix
Name with authority
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1006379 · GBIF 5189888