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Cernuella virgata

1,820Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb51
Mar84
Apr127
May165
Jun253
Jul235
Aug275
Sep344
Oct163
Nov66
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland113
2East Riding of Yorkshire England107
3Dorset England98
4North Yorkshire England90
5Kent England81
6Cornwall England64
7Brighton and Hove England55
8East Lothian Scotland42
9Kingston upon Hull, City of England42
10Cambridgeshire England41
11Devon England31
12Lincolnshire England28
13Oxfordshire England25
14Norfolk England23
15Gloucestershire England22
1,477 England207 Scotland127 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,820
Peak month
September
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Cernuella virgata
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Geomitridae
Genus
Cernuella
Name with authority
Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9805907