| Helix lucorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Helicini |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. lucorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Helix lucorum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helix lucorum, known commonly as theTurkish Snail[2], is aspecies of large, edible, air-breathingland snail, aterrestrialpulmonategastropodmollusk in thefamilyHelicidae, the typical snails.[1]
Adult snails weigh about 20–25 g.[3]
The width of the shell is 35–60 mm.[4] The height of the shell is 25–45 mm.[4]
This species of snail makes and useslove darts.
The native distribution is theCaucasus,Anatolia and, arguably, theBalkans. It has also invaded many other regions since ancient times, likely assisted by humans.[5]
Eastern native range with main genetic diversity of the species:
Balkans (probably native):
Other countries:
The diameter of the egg is 4.4 mm.[13] Juvenile snails that are two to three months old weigh 0.5–0.9 g.[3]
Measurement ofDNA damage inH. lucorum collected from environmental sites can be used for evaluatingsoil pollution at these sites.[14] DNA damage inH. lucorumhaemocytes and digestive gland cells is determined by thecomet assay.
Helix lucorum is used in cuisine asescargots.
 Helix lucorum served asescargots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 95 kcal (400 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sugars | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.59 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saturated | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trans | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19.05 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other constituents | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cholesterol | 206 mg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Percentages estimated usingUS recommendations for adults.[15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
