Helix lucorum

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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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[hide] *1 Synonyms
 * 2 Description
 * 3 Distribution
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links
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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
The shell of Helix lucorumThis species of snail makes and uses love darts.

The size of the egg is 4.4 mm.[3 ]

[edit] Distribution
Europe[2 ] Asia: Israel[4 ]
 * 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)