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Arion hortensis

1,236Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
80Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan79
Feb111
Mar154
Apr140
May87
Jun51
Jul54
Aug59
Sep105
Oct154
Nov134
Dec104

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1York England111
2Gloucestershire England61
3North Yorkshire England51
4Lincolnshire England27
5Redcar and Cleveland England23
6Nottinghamshire England21
7Norfolk England20
8Dorset England19
9Devon England19
10Herefordshire, County of England19
11Kent England16
12Cornwall England16
13Worcestershire England16
14Oxfordshire England13
15Essex England13
1,059 England47 Scotland125 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,236
Peak month
March
Counties with records
80
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Arion hortensis
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Arionidae
Genus
Arion
Name with authority
Arion hortensis A.Férussac, 1819
Described
1819
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1136612 · GBIF 11049437