Helix lucorum

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Adult snails weigh about 20–25 g.Danilova A.B. & Grinkevich L. N. (2012). "Failure of Long-Term Memory Formation in Juvenile Snails Is Determined by Acetylation Status of Histone H3 and Can Be Improved by NaB Treatment". PLoS ONE 7(7): e41828. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0041828}}.

The width of the shell is 35–60 mm. The height of the shell is 25–45 mm.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts.

The native distribution is the Caucasus, Anatolia and, arguably, the Balkans. It has also invaded many other regions since ancient times, likely assisted by humans.Korábek O., Juřičková L., Balashov I., Petrusek A. [https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ctoz/87/2/article-p61_1.xml The contribution of ancient and modern anthropogenic introductions to the colonization of Europe by the land snail Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 (Helicidae)] // Contributions to Zoology. — 2018. — 87 (2). — P. 61—74.

Eastern native range with main genetic diversity of the species:

• Anatolia (Turkey)
• GeorgiaMumladze L. (2013). "Shell size differences in Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) between natural and urban environments". Turkish Journal of Zoology 37: 1-6.
• Azerbaijan
• Armenia
• Northern Iran

Balkans (probably native):

• Albania
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Greece
• Macedonia
• Serbia
• Turkey

Other countries:

• IsraelCommonwealth of Australia (2002 April). "[http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/24702/fin_egyptian_citrus.pdf Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109152749/http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/24702/fin_egyptian_citrus.pdf |date=2009-01-09 }}". Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, page 12 and Appendix 2.
• Syria
• Russia - could be native in Caucasus, invasive in some other regions
• Italy - probably invasive
• Hungary - probably invasive
• Romania - probably invasive
• Ukraine - invasive, in Crimea ("Helix taurica Krynicki, 1833") at least since early 19 century, probably much longer, these populations originated from Anatolia; other colonies of a different lineage also appear since 2000s in mainland part of Southern Ukraine and in Crimea as wellBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology 41(1): 91-109.Balashov I.A., Kramarenko S.S., Zhukov A.V., Shklyaruk A.N., Baidashnikov A.A., Vasyliuk A.V. 2013. [http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/12/12.Balashov.pdf Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial molluscs in southeastern Ukraine]. Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 12: 62–69.
• Czech Republic - invasive, since 2009, as of 2011 the only locality is Prague-Žižkov{{in lang|cs}} Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. [http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/9/Suppl-1-v2.pdf PDF].Peltanová A., Petrusek A., Kment P. & Juřičková L. (2011). "A fast snail's pace: colonization of Central Europe by Mediterranean gastropods". Biological Invasions 14(4): 759-764. {{doi|10.1007/s10530-011-0121-9}}.
• Slovakia - invasive, since 2013, as of 2014 the only locality is in BratislavaČejka T. & Čačaný J. (2014). "The first record of the Turkish snail (Helix lucorum L., 1758) in the Slovak Republic". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 13: 124–125. [http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/13/13.Cejka2.pdf PDF].
• France - invasive
• Great Britain - invasive, since 2009, at Wimbledon{{cite journal |last1=Palmer |first1=P. |title=Helix lucorum in Wimbledon, S.W. London |journal=Mollusc World |date=2010 |volume=23 |page=12}}

The diameter of the egg is 4.4 mm.Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): [https://books.google.com/books?id=WlvX-9Wt0toC&hl The biology of terrestrial molluscs]. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, {{ISBN|0-85199-318-4}}. 1-146, cited page: 428. Juvenile snails that are two to three months old weigh 0.5–0.9 g.

Measurement of DNA damage in H. lucorum collected from environmental sites can be used for evaluating soil pollution at these sites.Sargsyan A, Hovhannisyan G, Simonyan A, Arakelyan M, Arzumanyan M, Aroutiounian R. Application of land snail Helix lucorum for evaluation of genotoxicity of soil pollution. Mutat Res Genet Toxicol Environ Mutagen. 2022 Jun;878:503500. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2022.503500. Epub 2022 May 6. PMID 35649673 DNA damage in H. lucorum haemocytes and digestive gland cells is determined by the comet assay.

Helix lucorum is used in cuisine as escargots.

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{{Reflist}}

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• https://web.archive.org/web/20120529085410/http://szmn.sbras.ru/picts/Mollusca/Helix_lucorum.htm
• [http://www.helicicultura.es TODO SOBRE CARACOLES]

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Category:Helix (gastropod)

Category:Gastropods described in 1758

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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