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Ghost Slug

Selenochlamys ysbryda

573Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
19Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb60
Mar50
Apr45
May56
Jun27
Jul17
Aug18
Sep47
Oct92
Nov97
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales59
2Gloucestershire England41
3Swansea Wales24
4Monmouthshire Wales16
5Cornwall England10
6Gwynedd Wales7
7Ceredigion Wales5
8Bristol, City of England5
9Northamptonshire England4
10Pembrokeshire Wales4
11Carmarthenshire Wales4
12Herefordshire, County of England4
13Devon England3
14Oxfordshire England2
15Bath and North East Somerset England2
98 England475 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
573
Peak month
November
Counties with records
19
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Selenochlamys ysbryda
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
562
Most recorded in
Powys
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Oxychilidae
Genus
Selenochlamys
Name with authority
Selenochlamys ysbryda Rowson & Symondson, 2008
Described
2008
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q135382 · GBIF 9418736