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| Helix pomatia | |
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NE[1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Pulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. pomatia |
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| Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Helix pomatia, common names the Burgundy snail, Roman snail, edible snail or escargot, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.
This species is frequently farmed, and is called by the French name escargot when it is used in cooking.
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Life cycle
During estivation or hibernation this species creates a calcareous epiphragm in order to seal the opening of the shell.
This species of snail creates and uses love darts.
The size of the egg is 8.6 × 7.2 mm.[2]
Distribution
- Not listed in IUCN red list, not evaluated (NE)[3]
- It is mentioned in annex V of Habitats Directive.
- 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.[4]
- France - in eastern France
- Italy - in northern Italy
- Germany. Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
- Central and southern parts of Sweden, Norway and Finland, in isolated and relatively small populations. It is not native to the countries but is likely to have been imported by monks from Southern Europe during medieval times.
- Hungary
- Netherlands [5]
- Poland
- Russia in the western part
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Ukraine
- Balkans
- Carpathian Mountains
- England, southern areas on chalk. It is not native to the British Isles. It was introduced to the British Isles by the Romans during the Roman period (AD 43-410); its common name in the UK is Roman snail. In England only (not the rest of the UK) the Roman snail is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, making it illegal to kill, injure, collect or sell Roman snails.[6]
References
- ^ IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 March 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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