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Pointed Snail

Cochlicella acuta

1,568Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb19
Mar38
Apr89
May144
Jun305
Jul249
Aug357
Sep233
Oct57
Nov35
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland214
2Cornwall England156
3Brighton and Hove England99
4Argyll and Bute Scotland98
5Devon England62
6Pembrokeshire Wales55
7Isle of Anglesey Wales54
8Dorset England44
9Highland Scotland44
10Isle of Wight England30
11Kent England25
12Norfolk England19
13Bristol, City of England14
14Gwynedd Wales13
15Swansea Wales10
880 England399 Scotland205 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,568
Peak month
August
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Cochlicella acuta
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Geomitridae
Genus
Cochlicella
Name with authority
Cochlicella acuta (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3681951 · GBIF 4562917