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Cornu aspersum (syn. Helix aspersa, Cryptomphalus aspersus), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may well be the most widely known.
Helix is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to the western Palaearctic and characterized by a globular shell. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the type genus of the family Helicidae , and one of the animal genera described by Carl Linnaeus [ 3 ] at the dawn of the zoological nomenclature .
It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents. A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including Cornu aspersum (formerly Helix aspersa; "petit gris") the brown or garden snail, and Helix pomatia (the "escargot"). [1]
Helix pomatia, known as the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, or escargot, is a species of large, air-breathing stylommatophoran land snail native to Europe. It is characterized by a globular brown shell. It is characterized by a globular brown shell.
Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [ 1 ] Description
Helix ceratina, the Corsican snail, [1] is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [3] For a species of Helix, H. ceratina is a small snail of shell diameter max. 24 mm (28 in fossil individuals). [4] The shell is olive-brown, with darker bands, and thin-walled.
Helix pomatia, the Roman snail Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: Animalia: ... Helicoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails
Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails. Eobania vermiculata is the type species of the genus Eobania.