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Helix
Helix is a genus of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs....
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Roman Snail
speciesHelix pomatia
Turkish Snail
speciesHelix lucorum
Helix albescens
speciesHelix albescens
Helix lutescens
speciesHelix lutescens
Girdled Snail
speciesHelix cincta
Brown-mouthed Helix
speciesHelix melanostoma
Thessalian Snail
speciesHelix thessalica
Levantine Field Snail
speciesHelix engaddensis
Ceramic Snail
speciesHelix figulina
Helix secernenda
speciesHelix secernenda
Helix straminea
speciesHelix straminea
Helix vladika
speciesHelix vladika
Nut-shelled Snail
speciesHelix nucula
Schlaefli's Snail
speciesHelix schlaeflii
Helix asemnis
speciesHelix asemnis
Helix buchii
speciesHelix buchii
Helix ligata
speciesHelix ligata
Helix dormitoris
speciesHelix dormitoris
Boreal Snail
speciesHelix borealis
Philipp's Snail
speciesHelix philibinensis
Sporadian Snail
speciesHelix pelagonesica
Fathalla's Snail
speciesHelix fathallae
Valentin's Snail
speciesHelix valentini
Pronubal Snail
speciesHelix pronuba
Helix pomatella
speciesHelix pomatella
Helix salomonica
speciesHelix salomonica
Helix pomacella
speciesHelix pomacella
Helix pathetica
speciesHelix pathetica
Helix kazouiniana
speciesHelix kazouiniana
Corsican snail
speciesHelix ceratina
Helix mileti
speciesHelix mileti
Helix gussoneana
speciesHelix gussoneana
Helix nicaeensis
speciesHelix nicaeensis
Godeti's Snail
speciesHelix godetiana
Helix anctostoma
speciesHelix anctostoma
Helix calabrica
speciesHelix calabrica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.349
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.160
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.345
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.455
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.341
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.454
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.797
In the stacks
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Every page naming Helix in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47483.