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European physa, Tadpole snail, Bladder snail, Acute bladder snail, Pewter physa

Physella acuta

2,479Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
82Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb35
Mar176
Apr255
May331
Jun137
Jul165
Aug212
Sep334
Oct462
Nov252
Dec73

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England87
2Surrey England77
3Kent England71
4Oxfordshire England57
5Lincolnshire England57
6Northamptonshire England57
7West Berkshire England52
8Cambridgeshire England43
9North Yorkshire England36
10Worcestershire England33
11Cornwall England32
12Gloucestershire England32
13Norfolk England28
14Somerset England27
15Nottinghamshire England27
2,141 England72 Scotland253 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,479
Peak month
October
Counties with records
82
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Physella acuta
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,387
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Physidae
Genus
Physella
Name with authority
Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1694040 · GBIF 5189806