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''Helix lucorum'' is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc, mollusk in the family (biology), family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050278 on 2020-05-02
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. .
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 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 (List of non-marine molluscs of Turkey, Turkey) * List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia, 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. * List of non-marine molluscs of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan * List of non-marine molluscs of Armenia, Armenia * Northern List of non-marine molluscs of Iran, Iran Balkans (probably native): * Albania * Bosnia and Herzegovina * List of non-marine molluscs of Bulgaria, Bulgaria * List of non-marine molluscs of Croatia, Croatia * Greece * Macedonia * Serbia * Turkey Other countries: * List of non-marine molluscs of Israel, Israel * Syria * Russia - could be native in Caucasus, invasive in some other regions * List of non-marine molluscs of Italy, Italy - probably invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Hungary, Hungary - probably invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Romania, Romania - probably invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Ukraine, 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. * List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic - invasive, since 2009, as of 2011 the only locality is Prague-Žižkov 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
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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. . * List of non-marine molluscs of Slovakia, Slovakia - invasive, since 2013, as of 2014 the only locality is in Bratislava * List of non-marine molluscs of France, France - invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Great Britain, Great Britain - invasive, since 2009, at Wimbledon
The biology of terrestrial molluscs
'. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited page: 428. Juvenile snails that are two to three months old weigh 0.5-0.9 g.
TODO SOBRE CARACOLES
Helix (gastropod) Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Helicidae-stub
Description
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. .
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.
Distribution
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 AThe 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 (List of non-marine molluscs of Turkey, Turkey) * List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia, 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. * List of non-marine molluscs of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan * List of non-marine molluscs of Armenia, Armenia * Northern List of non-marine molluscs of Iran, Iran Balkans (probably native): * Albania * Bosnia and Herzegovina * List of non-marine molluscs of Bulgaria, Bulgaria * List of non-marine molluscs of Croatia, Croatia * Greece * Macedonia * Serbia * Turkey Other countries: * List of non-marine molluscs of Israel, Israel * Syria * Russia - could be native in Caucasus, invasive in some other regions * List of non-marine molluscs of Italy, Italy - probably invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Hungary, Hungary - probably invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Romania, Romania - probably invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Ukraine, 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. * List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic - invasive, since 2009, as of 2011 the only locality is Prague-Žižkov 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
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. . * List of non-marine molluscs of Slovakia, Slovakia - invasive, since 2013, as of 2014 the only locality is in Bratislava * List of non-marine molluscs of France, France - invasive * List of non-marine molluscs of Great Britain, Great Britain - invasive, since 2009, at Wimbledon
Ecology
The diameter of the egg is 4.4 mm.Heller J.: ''Life History Strategies''. in Barker G. M. (ed.):The biology of terrestrial molluscs
'. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited page: 428. Juvenile snails that are two to three months old weigh 0.5-0.9 g.
Human use
Measurement of DNA damage (naturally occurring), 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'' Hemocyte (invertebrate immune system cell), haemocytes and digestive gland cells is determined by the comet assay. ''Helix lucorum'' is used in cuisine as escargots.References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120529085410/http://szmn.sbras.ru/picts/Mollusca/Helix_lucorum.htmTODO SOBRE CARACOLES
Helix (gastropod) Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Helicidae-stub