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Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Stylommatophora
family
Helicidae
genus
Helix
species
Helix pomatia

Name

Synonyms
Helicogena inflata Hartmann, 1844
Helicogena pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helicogena pomatia brenaensis W.Blume, 1920
Helicogena pomatia burmeisteri W.Blume, 1920
Helicogena pomatia var. gesneri Hartmann, 1844
Helicogena pomatia var. rustica Hartmann, 1844
Helicogena pomatia var. sphaeralis Hartmann, 1844
Helix banatica M.von Kimakowicz, 1890
Helix brenaeensis Blume, 1920
Helix burmeisteri Blume, 1920
Helix claudiensis Kobelt, 1906
Helix costelata Kobelt, 1906
Helix cristinae Kobelt, 1906
Helix dobrudschae Kobelt, 1906
Helix elsae Kobelt, 1906
Helix eusarcosoma Servain, 1884
Helix fasciata Porro, 1838
Helix gigantea Porro, 1838
Helix gratiosa Gredler, 1892
Helix kapellae Kobelt, 1906
Homonyms
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Escargot in English
Escargot de Bourgogne in French
Escargot de Bourgogne in French
Roman Snail in English
Roman snail in English
Roman snail in English
Schwäbische Auster in German
Schwäbische Auster in German
Vinbjergsnegl in Danish
Vinbjergsnegl in Danish
Weinbergschnecke in German
Weinbergschnecke in German
Weinbergschnecke in German
Wijngaardslak in Dutch
apple snail in English
apple snail in English
edible snail in English
edible snail in English
escargot in English
escargot in English
escargot in English
escargot de bourgogne in French
escargot snail in English
escargot snail in English
europeisk vinbergssnäcka in Swedish
grapevine snail in English
grapevine snail in English
viinimäkikotilo in Finnish
viinimäkikotilo in Finnish
vinbergsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
vinbergsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
vinbergssnäcka in Swedish
vine snail in English
vine snail in English
vineyard snail in English
vineyard snail in English
wijngaardslak in Dutch
Слимак виноградний in Ukrainian
Слимак виноградний in Ukrainian
Слимак виноградний in Ukrainian
Roman Snail in English
Wijngaardslak in Dutch
vinbergsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
vinbergsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
vinbergssnäcka in Swedish
Apple Snail in English
Edible Snail in English
Roman snail in English
Schwäbische Auster in German
Weinbergschnecke in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Archer, A. F. (1937). <i>Helix pomatia</i> Linné in Jackson, Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 51(2): 61-63.
  2. Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 336 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of the specific names of one hundred and twenty-two non-marine species of the phylum Mollusca.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(3), 77-108 (1955)
  4. Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. <em>Verlag Paul Parey.</em> 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
  5. Korábek, O., Juřičková, L. & Petrusek, A. (2015). Splitting the Roman snail Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (Stylommatophora: Helicidae) into two: redescription of the forgotten Helix thessalica Boettger, 1886. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies 82: 11–22.</em> 10.1093/mollus/eyv048
  6. Kołodziejczyk A., Skawina A.. 2009. The Roman snail (Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758) in northern Mazovia. Folia Malacologica, 17(2):63-68
  7. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  8. McClary, A. (1965). <i>Helix pomatia</i> in Wisconsin. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 79(1): 35-36.
  9. Psonis, N.; Vardinoyannis, K.; Poulakakis, N. (2022). High-throughput degraded DNA sequencing of subfossil shells of a critically endangered stenoendemic land snail in the Aegean. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 175: 107561.
  10. Rush, W. H. (1892). Extracts from a letter. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(7): 81-82.
  11. Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
  12. Trinchese, S. (1863). On the structure of the nervous system in the gasteropodous Mollusca. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3rd series.</em> 12: 474-475.
  13. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  14. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  15. Turner, R. D. (1961). <i>Helix pomatia</i> Linné, colonized at Plymouth, Mass. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 74(3): 122.
  16. Washburn, R. G. (1941). A Wisconsin colony of <i>Helix pomatia</i> L. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(4): 145.
  17. van der Schalie, H. & Dundee, D. S. (1958). <i>Helix pomatia</i> colony at Jackson, Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 72(1): 16-18.
  18. von Proschwitz (2003) Listor över blötdjur ursprungligen sammanställda av Ted von Proschwitz, Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, och sedan tagna från ArtDatabankens taxa-tabell per 2004-09-15.
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