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Silky Snail

Ashfordia granulata

786Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
47Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb16
Mar23
Apr67
May74
Jun118
Jul108
Aug80
Sep137
Oct63
Nov24
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England188
2Cornwall England60
3East Lothian Scotland37
4Carmarthenshire Wales32
5Scottish Borders Scotland31
6Gloucestershire England29
7Highland Scotland23
8Worcestershire England22
9Argyll and Bute Scotland20
10Pembrokeshire Wales20
11Norfolk England19
12Gwynedd Wales18
13Devon England17
14Dorset England13
15Isle of Anglesey Wales11
511 England147 Scotland128 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
786
Peak month
September
Counties with records
47
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ashfordia granulata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
770
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire, Cornwall
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Hygromiidae
Genus
Ashfordia
Name with authority
Ashfordia granulata (Alder, 1830)
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4805022 · GBIF 4565956