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Smooth Glass Snail

Aegopinella nitidula

4,442Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
100Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan133
Feb247
Mar408
Apr715
May647
Jun499
Jul436
Aug298
Sep425
Oct341
Nov142
Dec117

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England1,000
2Gloucestershire England203
3East Riding of Yorkshire England125
4Worcestershire England114
5East Lothian Scotland108
6York England107
7Leeds England88
8Highland Scotland80
9City of Edinburgh Scotland76
10Redcar and Cleveland England69
11Scottish Borders Scotland65
12Cornwall England57
13West Lothian Scotland45
14Dorset England43
15Herefordshire, County of England43
3,482 England702 Scotland231 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,442
Peak month
April
Counties with records
100
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aegopinella nitidula
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,413
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Gastrodontidae
Genus
Aegopinella
Name with authority
Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3201040 · GBIF 4562554