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Heath Snail

Helicella itala

1,269Records since 2000
JunePeak month
35Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb19
Mar42
Apr88
May142
Jun277
Jul184
Aug200
Sep159
Oct69
Nov29
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland203
2Argyll and Bute Scotland142
3Gloucestershire England95
4Highland Scotland64
5Pembrokeshire Wales54
6Cornwall England50
7Oxfordshire England48
8North Yorkshire England37
9East Riding of Yorkshire England18
10Dorset England15
11Isle of Wight England12
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
13Kent England8
14West Berkshire England7
15Hartlepool England7
715 England465 Scotland75 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,269
Peak month
June
Counties with records
35
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Helicella itala
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,214
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Geomitridae
Genus
Helicella
Name with authority
Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500656 · GBIF 5858717