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Moss bladder snail

Aplexa hypnorum

437Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb12
Mar53
Apr92
May75
Jun42
Jul26
Aug20
Sep23
Oct37
Nov20
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England45
2East Riding of Yorkshire England36
3Cambridgeshire England32
4Isle of Anglesey Wales29
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland20
6York England17
7Gloucestershire England16
8Doncaster England15
9Norfolk England11
10Kent England10
11Surrey England10
12Somerset England10
13Suffolk England9
14Monmouthshire Wales9
15Lincolnshire England8
317 England35 Scotland75 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
437
Peak month
April
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Aplexa hypnorum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
428
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Physidae
Genus
Aplexa
Name with authority
Aplexa hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q600084 · GBIF 2291096