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Turkish snail

Helix lucorum

Classification

Family
Helicidae

Helix lucorum, known commonly as the Turkish Snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. Description Adult snails weigh about 20–25 g. The width of the shell is 35–60 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1,616Italy · 870Belgium · 231Germany · 159Switzerland · 94Spain · 83Netherlands · 54United Kingdom · 37