You will find listed here, in alphabetical order, some of the common British bug species from our Flora and Fauna database. As there are a large number of species with similar names we have included the genus, species, phylum, family and kingdom to help you correctly select the one you are looking for.
All animals are of the Kingdom Animalia, mostly the Phylum Mollusca and Crustacea, but not all as we have included a few other interesting British animals here that do not have a section of their own.
This page only displays species that have common names, there is likely to be many more members of this
species in the main database that are found either in or around the British Isles or somewhere within the
United Kingdom that do not have common names they will however be marked native
, introduced
,
etc. To access these return to Flora and Fauna Menu and
use the World Wildlife sub-menu.
If photographs are available the species name is displayed in bold with the camera icon
beside it along with the number of photos available. Similarly if
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is displayed along with the number of images. To view the images click on the species name.
Where species are at risk or endangered the Common Name is displayed in red emboldened text.
| Common Name | Species | Status | Family | Sub Order | Order |
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Abra. Long, |
Native |
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Ambersnail, European |
Native |
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Anemone. Jewel, |
Native |
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Anemone. Sea Fan, |
Native |
Nyantheae |
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Anenome. Beadlet, |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Anenome. Ivell's Sea, |
Native |
Nyantheae |
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Anenome. Starlet Sea, |
Native |
Nyantheae |
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Angelwing. False, |
Native |
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Arion. Chocolate, |
Native |
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Arion. Garden, |
Native |
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Arion. Orange-banded, |
Native |
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Arion. Warty, |
Native |
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Ascidian. Star, |
Native |
Stolidobranchia |
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Astarte. Crenulate, |
Native |
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Auger. Atlantic or Eastern, Auger Shell |
Native |
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Awlsnail. Blind, |
Native |
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Barnacle. Acorn, |
Native |
Balanomorpha |
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Barnacle. Duck or Goose, |
Native |
Lepadomorpha |
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Bathyark. Comb, |
Native |
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Bithynia. Mud, |
Native |
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Brittlestar. Common, |
Native |
Gnathophiurina |
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Clam. Asian, |
Native |
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Clam. False softshell, |
Native |
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Clam. Minor jackknife, |
Native |
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Clam. Softshell, |
Native |
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Clam. Truncate softshell, |
Native |
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Coat of Mail. Grey, |
Chiton cinereus
|
Native |
Ischnochitonina |
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Coat of Mail. Marbled, |
Native |
Ischnochitonina |
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Coat of Mail. Smooth, |
Native |
Ischnochitonina |
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Coat of Mail. Velvet, |
Native |
Acanthochitonina |
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Cockle, Common |
Native |
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Cockle. Hairy, |
Native |
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Cockle. Prickly, |
Native |
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Cockle. Spiny, |
Native |
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Column. Toothless, |
Native |
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Column. Widespread, |
Native |
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Coral. Sunset Cup, |
Native |
Dendrophylliina |
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Cowrie. European, |
Native |
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Crab. Common Hermit, Soldier Crab. |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. Common Shore, Green Crab, |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. Edible, |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. European Spider, Strawberry Crab, |
Eurynome aspera
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Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. Masked, |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. Montagu's, |
Xantho incisus
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Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. Spinous Spider, Large European Spider Crab, Thornback Crab |
Maia squinado
|
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crab. Velver Swimming, |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crayfish. White Clawed, |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Crenella. Cross-sculpture, |
Native |
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Cuttlefish, Common |
Native |
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Dead Man's Fingers |
Native |
Alcyoniina |
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Dipperclam. Glacial, |
Native |
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Dipperclam. Rostrate, |
Native |
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Ear shell |
Native |
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Falsemussel. Dark, |
Native |
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Fan Worm. European, |
Native |
Sabellida |
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Fileclam. Small-ear, |
Native |
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Fingernailclam. European, |
Native |
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Fingernailclam. Lake, |
Native |
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Fingernailclam. Long, |
Native |
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Furrow Shell. Peppery, |
Native |
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Gardenslug. Threeband, |
Native |
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Gardensnail. Maritime, |
Native |
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Gardensnail. White, |
Native |
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Glass-snail, Contracted |
Native |
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Glass-snail, dark-bodied, |
Native |
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Glass-snail, Western |
Native |
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Glass-snail. Cellar, |
Native |
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Glass-snail. Swiss, |
Native |
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Gloss. Black, |
Native |
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Helicellid. Elegant. |
Native |
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Hiatella. Arctic, |
Native |
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Hive. Brown, |
Native |
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Hopper. Sand, |
Native |
Gammaridea |
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Horsemussel. Northern, |
Native |
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Jellyfish. Common, Moon Jelly, |
Native |
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Jellyfish. Compass, |
Native |
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Kellyclam. Suborbicular, |
Native |
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Leech. Medicinal or European Medical, |
Native |
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Lepton. Adanson, |
Native |
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Limpet, River |
Native |
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Limpet. Common, |
Native |
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Limpet. Northern blind, |
Native |
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Limpet. Plant, |
Native |
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Lobster. Common or European, |
Native |
Pleocyemata |
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Lymnaea. Swamp, |
Native |
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Macoma. Baltic, Baltic Tellin |
Macoma balthica
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Native |
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Macoma. Chalky, |
Native |
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Macoma. Flat, |
Native |
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Macoma. Loven, |
Native |
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Macoma. Triangular, |
Native |
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Margarite. Olive, |
Native |
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Margarite. Spiral, |
Native |
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Miter. False Greenland, |
Native |
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Moelleria. Ribbed, |
Native |
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Mud snail. New Zealand, |
Native |
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Mussel. Black, |
Native |
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Mussel. Corrugate, |
Native |
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Mussel. Depressed River, |
Native |
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Mussel. Discordant, |
Native |
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Mussel. Edible Blue or Common,, |
Native |