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Short-toothed Herald Snail

Carychium minimum

1,051Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb13
Mar58
Apr91
May164
Jun130
Jul165
Aug101
Sep125
Oct103
Nov22
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England309
2Argyll and Bute Scotland43
3Gloucestershire England41
4Highland Scotland35
5Worcestershire England34
6East Riding of Yorkshire England27
7Cambridgeshire England26
8Cumbria England26
9Norfolk England22
10Powys Wales22
11East Lothian Scotland22
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland17
13Isle of Anglesey Wales17
14Scottish Borders Scotland14
15Dorset England12
754 England182 Scotland77 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,051
Peak month
July
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Carychium minimum
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,018
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Ellobiida
Family
Ellobiidae
Genus
Carychium
Name with authority
Carychium minimum O.F.Müller, 1774
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q194925 · GBIF 2291066