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Milky Crystal Snail

Vitrea contracta

1,107Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb12
Mar76
Apr97
May173
Jun130
Jul177
Aug157
Sep132
Oct79
Nov14
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England464
2Gloucestershire England64
3Devon England32
4Aberdeenshire Scotland32
5East Riding of Yorkshire England23
6Worcestershire England22
7Highland Scotland19
8Norfolk England17
9Cumbria England15
10East Lothian Scotland14
11Carmarthenshire Wales14
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland11
13Scottish Borders Scotland11
14Redcar and Cleveland England10
15Cambridgeshire England9
857 England139 Scotland48 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,107
Peak month
July
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Vitrea contracta
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,040
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Pristilomatidae
Genus
Vitrea
Name with authority
Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)
Described
1871
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3140250 · GBIF 2295355