#4573 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Roman Snail

🇳🇱 Wijngaardslak ·Helix pomatia

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Helix pomatia , common names the Roman snail , Burgundy snail , edible snail or escargot , is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae. It is a European species. In the English language it is called by the French name escargot when used in cooking ( escargot simply means 'snail'). Although this species is highly prized as a food it is difficult to cultivate and rarely farmed commercially.

base stats

NL sightings 538iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 72,859iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 538 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #5 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
72,859 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).