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Whirlpool Ramshorn

Anisus vortex

2,334Records since 2000
JunePeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb34
Mar108
Apr257
May451
Jun456
Jul300
Aug163
Sep241
Oct126
Nov67
Dec61

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England223
2Somerset England210
3Suffolk England117
4East Riding of Yorkshire England81
5Cambridgeshire England78
6Doncaster England64
7Monmouthshire Wales57
8North Yorkshire England54
9Nottinghamshire England53
10Lincolnshire England50
11Kent England46
12Worcestershire England42
13Oxfordshire England38
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland38
15Essex England34
1,824 England87 Scotland367 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,334
Peak month
June
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Anisus vortex
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Planorbidae
Genus
Anisus
Name with authority
Anisus vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q302576 · GBIF 4562141