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Round-mouthed Snail

Pomatias elegans

1,038Records since 2000
MayPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan33
Feb30
Mar53
Apr152
May177
Jun128
Jul122
Aug97
Sep109
Oct74
Nov24
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England169
2Kent England76
3Dorset England57
4Surrey England49
5Oxfordshire England39
6Bristol, City of England33
7Bath and North East Somerset England25
8Brighton and Hove England21
9North Yorkshire England20
10Pembrokeshire Wales13
11Swansea Wales12
12Somerset England11
13Isle of Wight England8
14Medway England8
15Moray Scotland7
968 England9 Scotland53 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,038
Peak month
May
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Pomatias elegans
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
871
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire, Kent, Dorset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Pomatiidae
Genus
Pomatias
Name with authority
Pomatias elegans (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1547232 · GBIF 5777888