#4800 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Splendid Helix
Iberus splendidus
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Claude & Amandine EVANNO · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Claude & Amandine EVANNO · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
base stats
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,564 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Splendid Helix
- scientific name
- Iberus splendidus
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Stylommatophora
- family
- Helicidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,539
- sightings worldwide
- 1,564
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Helicidae
#4569 📷 7Brown-lipped Snail
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Cepaea nemoralis
LC 👀 2.1k in NL
#4570 📷 7Garden Snail
🇳🇱 Segrijnslak
Cornu aspersum
👀 2.1k in NL
#4573 📷 7Roman Snail
🇳🇱 Wijngaardslak
Helix pomatia
LC 👀 538 in NL
#4574 📷 10Copse Snail
🇳🇱 Heesterslak
Arianta arbustorum
LC 👀 528 in NL
#4591 📷 10White Italian Snail
🇳🇱 Zandslak
Theba pisana
👀 196 in NL
#4600 📷 8White-lipped Snail
🇳🇱 Witgerande tuinslak
Cepaea hortensis
LC 👀 134 in NL
#4751 📷 10Chocolate-band Snail
🇳🇱 Pastaslak
Eobania vermiculata
👀 2 in NL
#4756 📷 8Turkish Snail
🇳🇱 Gebandeerde wijngaardslak
Helix lucorum
👀 1 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1555576. Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.