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Lapidary Snail

Helicigona lapicida

1,108Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan43
Feb58
Mar110
Apr157
May172
Jun122
Jul73
Aug54
Sep66
Oct114
Nov62
Dec73

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England188
2Gloucestershire England100
3Somerset England40
4Dorset England20
5Kent England17
6Monmouthshire Wales12
7Herefordshire, County of England11
8Powys Wales10
9Bath and North East Somerset England8
10Bristol, City of England8
11Devon England6
12Oxfordshire England5
13Rutland England5
14Worcestershire England3
15Peterborough England2
1,076 England32 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,108
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Helicigona lapicida
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,061
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Helicidae
Genus
Helicigona
Name with authority
Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q385029 · GBIF 4563484