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White Ramshorn

Gyraulus albus

1,347Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
77Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb18
Mar55
Apr101
May163
Jun175
Jul208
Aug161
Sep200
Oct113
Nov43
Dec65

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dumfries and Galloway Scotland98
2North Yorkshire England82
3Norfolk England52
4Somerset England50
5Worcestershire England44
6Isle of Anglesey Wales39
7East Riding of Yorkshire England34
8Essex England32
9Cumbria England31
10Powys Wales31
11Falkirk Scotland31
12Cambridgeshire England25
13Doncaster England25
14Gwynedd Wales23
15Suffolk England20
839 England302 Scotland174 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,347
Peak month
July
Counties with records
77
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Gyraulus albus
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Planorbidae
Genus
Gyraulus
Name with authority
Gyraulus albus (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1058436 · GBIF 4562206