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The Shining Ram's-horn Snail

Segmentina nitida

223Records since 2000
MayPeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar7
Apr42
May60
Jun37
Jul26
Aug12
Sep16
Oct7
Nov5
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England60
2Kent England37
3Suffolk England11
4East Riding of Yorkshire England2
5Somerset England2
6Carmarthenshire Wales1
7Bristol, City of England1
222 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
223
Peak month
May
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Segmentina nitida
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
222
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Planorbidae
Genus
Segmentina
Name with authority
Segmentina nitida (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1011738 · GBIF 4562139