Helix lucorum

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Kingdom Animalia Family Helicidae Tribe Helicini Scientific name Helix lucorum Higher classification Helix		Superfamily Helicoidea Subfamily Helicinae Genus Helix Phylum Mollusca Rank Species

Similar Helix, Gastropods, Molluscs, Eobania vermiculata, Cornu aspersum

Live snails helix pomatia helix lucorum helix albescens

Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail or escargot, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

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Description

Adult snails weight about 20-25 g.

The width of the shell is 35-60. The height of the shell is 25–45 mm.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts.

Distribution

The native distribution is Eastern mediaterranean and Asia Minor.

Helix lucorum Roman or Edible Snail Helix pomatia

Eastern Europe - East region of Black sea: Georgia and Ukraine

Southern Europe - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Yugoslavia, Turkey

Central Europe: Czech Republic (since 2009, introduced, as of 2011 there is the only locality in Prague-Žižkov) and Slovakia (since 2013, introduced, as of 2014 there is the only locality in Bratislava)

Western Europe: France (introduced)

Asia: Israel