Helix lucorum
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| Helix lucorum | |
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| live specimen of Helix lucorum | |
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NE[1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Subgenus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. lucorum |
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| Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 |
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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[2]
[edit] Description
This species of snail makes and uses love darts.
The size of the egg is 4.4 mm.[3]
[edit] Distribution
Europe[2]
- Eastern Europe - Eastern coast of Black sea
- Southern Europe - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Yugoslavia, Turkey
- Western Europe - France (introduced)
[edit] References
- ^ IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 April 2009.
- ^ a b http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=277677 cited 5 May 2007
- ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
- ^ Commonwealth of Australia. 2002 (April) Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, page 12 and Appendix 2.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Helix lucorum |
- 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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