Helix pomatia

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style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;"|Helix pomatia
File:Helix pomatia 89a.jpg
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
File:Helix pomatia-Nl2V.jpg
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.

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A pair of Helix pomatia shortly before mating

References

  1. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 April 2007.
  2. 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)
  3. http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/helix-pomatia

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