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White-lipped Snail

Cepaea hortensis

13,376Records since 2000
MayPeak month
113Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan126
Feb244
Mar581
Apr1,582
May2,266
Jun2,233
Jul1,805
Aug1,573
Sep1,553
Oct939
Nov213
Dec215

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England1,127
2Cornwall England395
3Somerset England370
4Highland Scotland361
5York England317
6Devon England224
7Surrey England216
8Worcestershire England197
9East Riding of Yorkshire England193
10Scottish Borders Scotland192
11Gloucestershire England187
12Cumbria England172
13City of Edinburgh Scotland164
14Midlothian Scotland157
15Dorset England153
10,365 England2,047 Scotland872 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,376
Peak month
May
Counties with records
113
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cepaea hortensis
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Helicidae
Genus
Cepaea
Name with authority
Cepaea hortensis (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q427854 · GBIF 2294279