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Swollen Spire Snail

Mercuria tachoensis

67Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
4Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb0
Mar0
Apr18
May4
Jun7
Jul7
Aug10
Sep0
Oct2
Nov3
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England10
2Suffolk England7
3Surrey England1
4Essex England1
67 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
67
Peak month
April
Counties with records
4
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Mercuria tachoensis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
68
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Hydrobiidae
Genus
Mercuria
Name with authority
Mercuria tachoensis (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Described
1865

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14642612 · GBIF 4559985