Distribution
This European snail can be found from southern Scandinavia (61° N) to southern Spain.
- endangered in Germany. Critically endangered in Western Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen). Extinct in Bavaria.
- Netherlands
- one site in the south east of Ireland was found in 2009, but it is listed as extinct on the local Red List (2009).
- vulnerable in Great Britain
The distribution of Omphiscola glabra is very scattered and rare. It is seriously threatened, and has become locally extinct in many places. It is threatened by continuing habitat destruction because of drainage and intensive farming. Acriculturally induced eutrophication is also a threat. Omphiscola glabra has disappeared widely from urbanized areas such as London.
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