Helix lucorum

Helix lucorum

''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.
Turkish snail (Helix lucorum)  Bulgaria,Geotagged,Helix lucorum

Appearance

This species of snail makes and uses love darts.

Adult snails weight about 20-25 g.
Turkish snail (Helix lucorum)  Bulgaria,Geotagged,Helix lucorum,snail

Distribution

Europe

⤷  Eastern Europe - East region of Black sea - Georgia|
, Ukraine

⤷  Southern Europe - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Yugoslavia, Turkey
⤷  Western Europe - France

Asia: Israel

Habitat

The size of the egg is 4.4 mm. 2–3 months old juvenile snails weight 0.5-0.9 g.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderPulmonata
FamilyHelicidae
GenusHelix
Species
Photographed in
Bulgaria