Wéngertsschleek - Roman Snail

Helix pomatia

Wéngertsschleek 5

Escargot de Bourgogne 5

Weinbergschnecke 5

Roman Snail 6

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

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  1. (c) Björn S..., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/40948266@N04/11930989385/
  2. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/bathyporeia/9016665296/
  3. (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helix_pomatia_002.JPG
  4. (c) Björn S..., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/40948266@N04/34184401951/
  5. (c) Paul Braun, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  6. Adapted by Paul Braun from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_pomatia

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