Helix lucorum
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 The shell of Helix lucorum
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| Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 |
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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[edit] Synonyms
Numerous synonyms exist for Helix lucorum:
- Helix anaphora Westerlund, 1889
- Helix annosa Mascarini, 1892
- Helix atrocincta Bourguignat, 1883
- Helix candida Mascarini, 1892
- Helix elongata Bourguignat, 1860
- Helix nigrozonata Bourguignat, 1883
- Helix presbensis Kobelt, 1905
- Helix rypara Bourguignat, 1883
- Helix straminea Briganti, 1825
- Helix straminiformis Bourguignat, 1876
- Helix virago Bourguignat, 1883
- Helix yleobia Bourguignat, 1883[1]
[edit] Distribution
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)[2]
Europe[3]
- Eastern Europe - Eastern coast of Black sea
- Southern Europe - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Yugoslavia
- Western Europe - France (introduced), the Netherlands (introduced)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=277677 cited 5 May 2007
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 April 2007.
- ^ http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=277677 cited 5 May 2007
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[edit] External links
- http://szmn.sbras.ru/picts/Mollusca/Helix_lucorum.htm
- http://www.jaxshells.org/818d.htm
- http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=277677
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