Helix pomatia

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Conservation status
	Not evaluated
style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" \| Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Mollusca;
Class:	Gastropoda;
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda;
Superorder:	Heterobranchia;
Order:	Pulmonata;
Family:	Helicidae;
Genus:	Helix;
Species:	H. pomatia;
Binomial name
	Helix pomatia; Linnaeus, 1758

The shell of Helix pomatia

Helix pomatia, common names the Burgundy snail or Roman snail or edible snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.

It is frequently farmed, and is called by the French name escargot when it is used in cooking.

Distribution

This species is native to the limestone areas of central and south-eastern Europe.

Austria
Belgium
The Czech Republic - least concern species (LC). Its Conservation status in 2004-2006 is favourable (FV) in report for European commission in accordance with Habitats Directive.^[2]
France - in eastern France
Italy - in northern Italy
Germany. Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
Netherlands ^[3]

A pair of Helix pomatia shortly before mating

↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 April 2007.
↑ Dušek J., Hošek M. & Kolářová J. (2007) Hodnotící zpráva o stavu z hlediska ochrany evropsky významných druhů a typů přírodních stanovišť v České republice za rok 2004-2006. - Ochrana přírody, 62(5): appendix 5:I-IV. (in Czech language)
↑ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/helix-pomatia