Helix pomatia

Helix pomatia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. pomatia
Binomial name
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758[2]
Synonyms[3]
List Helicogena inflata Hartmann, 1844 Helicogena pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758) Helicogena pomatia var. gesneri Hartmann, 1844 Helicogena pomatia var. rustica Hartmann, 1844 Helicogena pomatia var. sphaeralis Hartmann, 1844 Helix (Helix) pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 Helix eusarcosoma Servain, 1884 Helix pomaria O. F. Müller, 1774 Helix pomatia albida Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Helix pomatia brunnea Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Helix pomatia expansilabris Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia parva Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Helix pomatia quinquefasciata Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Helix pomatia var. banatica Kimakowicz, 1890 Helix pomatia var. claudiensis Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. compacta Hazay, 1880 Helix pomatia var. costellata Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. dobrudschae Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. elsae Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. gratiosa Gredler, 1892 Helix pomatia var. hajnaldiana Hazay, 1880 Helix pomatia var. kapellae Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. lagarinae Adami, 1885 Helix pomatia var. lednicensis Brancsik, 1888 Helix pomatia var. luteola Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. pannonica Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. pedemontana Kobelt, 1907 Helix pomatia var. piceata Gredler, 1890 Helix pomatia var. pulskyana Hazay, 1880 Helix pomatia var. radiata Ulicny, 1885 Helix pomatia var. sabulosa Hazay, 1880 Helix pomatia var. serbica Kobelt, 1906 Helix pomatia var. solitaria Hazay, 1880 Helix pomatia var. transsylvanica Kobelt, 1906 Helix promaeca Bourguignat, 1882 Helix pyrgia Bourguignat, 1882 Helix scalaris O. F. Müller, 1774 Helix segalaunica Sayn, 1888

Helix pomatia, known as the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, or escargot, is a species of large, air-breathing stylommatophoran land snail native to Europe. It is characterized by a globular brown shell. It is an edible species which commonly occurs synanthropically throughout its range.