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Moss Chrysalis Snail

Pupilla muscorum

518Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
41Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb7
Mar43
Apr50
May58
Jun49
Jul85
Aug75
Sep62
Oct45
Nov7
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England36
2Dorset England30
3Brighton and Hove England30
4Norfolk England26
5Gloucestershire England25
6North Yorkshire England22
7Cambridgeshire England13
8East Lothian Scotland13
9Isle of Wight England13
10East Riding of Yorkshire England12
11Oxfordshire England11
12Lincolnshire England11
13Aberdeenshire Scotland9
14Carmarthenshire Wales9
15Swansea Wales9
376 England46 Scotland32 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
518
Peak month
July
Counties with records
41
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pupilla muscorum
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Pupillidae
Genus
Pupilla
Name with authority
Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1538079 · GBIF 5190466