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River Limpet

Ancylus fluviatilis

4,616Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
82Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb61
Mar344
Apr809
May507
Jun247
Jul291
Aug250
Sep1,005
Oct741
Nov257
Dec69

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales622
2Gwynedd Wales506
3North Yorkshire England213
4Carmarthenshire Wales189
5Denbighshire Wales180
6Pembrokeshire Wales177
7Monmouthshire Wales168
8Conwy Wales159
9Isle of Anglesey Wales151
10Ceredigion Wales148
11Worcestershire England143
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland132
13Wrexham Wales126
14Somerset England90
15City of Edinburgh Scotland87
1,010 England663 Scotland2,871 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,616
Peak month
September
Counties with records
82
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ancylus fluviatilis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,537
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Planorbidae
Genus
Ancylus
Name with authority
Ancylus fluviatilis O.F.Müller, 1774
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1434354 · GBIF 5189830