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Wrinkled Snail

Xeroplexa intersecta

2,323Records since 2000
JunePeak month
81Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb48
Mar116
Apr202
May302
Jun351
Jul298
Aug264
Sep318
Oct231
Nov75
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Lothian Scotland158
2North Yorkshire England125
3Cornwall England96
4Gloucestershire England89
5Devon England75
6Dorset England70
7Norfolk England61
8Swansea Wales56
9Brighton and Hove England52
10Cambridgeshire England46
11East Riding of Yorkshire England42
12Kent England38
13Highland Scotland36
14Worcestershire England36
15Plymouth England34
1,689 England311 Scotland253 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,323
Peak month
June
Counties with records
81
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Xeroplexa intersecta
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,111
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Geomitridae
Genus
Xeroplexa
Name with authority
Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801)
Described
1801
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q106196612 · GBIF 9890104