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Twisted Ramshorn

Bathyomphalus contortus

1,674Records since 2000
MayPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb7
Mar71
Apr217
May283
Jun241
Jul256
Aug143
Sep151
Oct155
Nov57
Dec69

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England204
2Norfolk England145
3City of Edinburgh Scotland108
4West Lothian Scotland104
5Falkirk Scotland86
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland85
7North Yorkshire England52
8Doncaster England52
9Cambridgeshire England44
10East Riding of Yorkshire England41
11Kent England37
12Glasgow City Scotland35
13North Lanarkshire Scotland35
14Gwynedd Wales30
15East Dunbartonshire Scotland29
981 England546 Scotland105 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,674
Peak month
May
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Bathyomphalus contortus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,662
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Planorbidae
Genus
Bathyomphalus
Name with authority
Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8028368