What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Brown Lipped Snail been recorded?

Cepaea nemoralis occurrence evidence comes from 9,221 records in 36 countries and territories, from 1861 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

GastropodaStylommatophoraHelicidaeCepaea

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

9,221 records across 36 countries and territories, 1861–2026.

Cepaea nemoralis · GBIF taxon key 2294280

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Brown Lipped Snail has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Brown Lipped Snail. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 3,320
United Kingdom 1,649
Canada 924
Germany 879
United States 541
Austria 406
Belgium 368
Luxembourg 186
France 178
Denmark 149
Spain 112
Netherlands 105
Poland 88
Italy 73
Ireland 59
Switzerland 34
Portugal 32
Czechia 26
Latvia 22
Russia 21
Lithuania 12
Croatia 9
Norway 6
Slovenia 4
Belarus 3
Jersey 3
Hungary 2
Andorra 1
Åland Islands 1
Cuba 1
Estonia 1
Finland 1
Guernsey 1
Greece 1
Turks and Caicos Islands 1
Ukraine 1

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Record pattern: repeated
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