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Roman Snail

Helix pomatia

1,128Records since 2000
MayPeak month
17Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb15
Mar30
Apr141
May254
Jun230
Jul191
Aug100
Sep78
Oct43
Nov14
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England410
2Gloucestershire England177
3Kent England92
4Oxfordshire England44
5Cambridgeshire England24
6Suffolk England19
7Essex England5
8Medway England3
9Somerset England2
10Nottinghamshire England2
11Bath and North East Somerset England2
12Isle of Wight England2
13Norfolk England1
14East Riding of Yorkshire England1
15Lincolnshire England1
1,120 England4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,128
Peak month
May
Counties with records
17
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Helix pomatia
Group
Molluscs
Most recorded in
Surrey, Gloucestershire, Kent
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Helicidae
Genus
Helix
Name with authority
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q245314 · GBIF 2294287