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Glutinous Snail

Myxas glutinosa

120Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
5Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug23
Sep39
Oct50
Nov0
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales113
2Highland Scotland3
3Ceredigion Wales2
4North Yorkshire England1
5Worcestershire England1
2 England3 Scotland114 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
120
Peak month
October
Counties with records
5
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Myxas glutinosa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
118
Most recorded in
Gwynedd
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Global Red List (JNCC), Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Lymnaeidae
Genus
Myxas
Name with authority
Myxas glutinosa (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q952030 · GBIF 4562072