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Ribbed Grass Snail

Vallonia costata

586Records since 2000
MayPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb26
Mar47
Apr73
May81
Jun74
Jul55
Aug59
Sep65
Oct41
Nov14
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England83
2East Riding of Yorkshire England46
3Cambridgeshire England42
4Norfolk England23
5Gloucestershire England23
6Oxfordshire England18
7East Lothian Scotland15
8Dorset England14
9Surrey England13
10Carmarthenshire Wales13
11Plymouth England11
12Kent England10
13Isle of Wight England10
14Highland Scotland8
15Essex England8
514 England34 Scotland31 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
586
Peak month
May
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Vallonia costata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
572
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Valloniidae
Genus
Vallonia
Name with authority
Vallonia costata (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3172983 · GBIF 2296011