What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Big-Eared Radix been recorded?

Radix auricularia occurrence evidence comes from 2,257 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1869 to 2026. Most records come from South Korea.

GastropodaLymnaeidaeRadix

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,257 records across 32 countries and territories, 1869–2026.

Radix auricularia · GBIF taxon key 5189888

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: April.

9 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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

18692026

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

Where Big-Eared Radix has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Big-Eared Radix. 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
South Korea 1,008
Sweden 322
United States 241
Uzbekistan 235
Germany 190
Austria 68
United Kingdom 37
Luxembourg 37
Belgium 33
Switzerland 19
Canada 16
Netherlands 12
Spain 4
France 4
Italy 4
Afghanistan 3
New Zealand 3
Belarus 2
Czechia 2
Ireland 2
Lithuania 2
Taiwan 2
Ukraine 2
China 1
Denmark 1
Greece 1
Iraq 1
Japan 1
Latvia 1
North Macedonia 1
Poland 1
Russia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Lymnaeidae.

Radix natalensis
Radix natalensis
450 records
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.