What Animal Lives Where

Where has the New Zealand Mudsnail been recorded?

Potamopyrgus antipodarum occurrence evidence comes from 6,729 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

GastropodaLittorinimorphaTateidaePotamopyrgus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

6,729 records across 26 countries and territories, 1883–2026.

Potamopyrgus antipodarum · GBIF taxon key 5192470

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: August.

11 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: August. 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

18832026

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

Where New Zealand Mudsnail has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for New Zealand Mudsnail. 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
United States 2,381
Germany 1,757
Sweden 1,093
Belgium 400
Canada 279
United Kingdom 196
Netherlands 174
Australia 134
Luxembourg 128
New Zealand 42
Finland 37
Denmark 28
Latvia 24
South Korea 12
France 9
Spain 8
Austria 6
Estonia 6
Poland 5
Ireland 2
Italy 2
Lithuania 2
Bulgaria 1
Switzerland 1
Guadeloupe 1
Slovakia 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.