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Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758

Helix pomatia
Helix pomatia

1050286  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050286)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Helicoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Helicoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Helicidae (Family)
  14. Helicinae (Subfamily)
  15. Helicini (Tribe)
  16. Helix (Genus)
  17. Helix pomatia (Species)
accepted
Species
Helicogena inflata Hartmann, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helicogena pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (chresonym)
Helicogena pomatia brenaensis W. Blume, 1920 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helicogena pomatia burmeisteri W. Blume, 1920 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helicogena pomatia var. gesneri Hartmann, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helicogena pomatia var. rustica Hartmann, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. claudiensis Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. costellata Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. pedemontana Kobelt, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. transsylvanica Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Helix) pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Helix eusarcosoma Servain, 1884 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomaria O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia albida Moquin-Tandon, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia brunnea Moquin-Tandon, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia expansilabris Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia parva Moquin-Tandon, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. banatica M. Kimakowicz, 1890 · unaccepted (invalid; not Rossmässler, 1838)
Helix pomatia var. christinae Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. compacta Hazay, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. dobrudschae Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. elsae Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. gratiosa Gredler, 1892 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. hajnaldiana Hazay, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. kapellae Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. lagarinae Adami, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. lednicensis Brancsik, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix pomatia var. luteola Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. pannonica Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. piceata Gredler, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. pulskyana Hazay, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. radiata Uličný, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. rhodopensis Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. sabulosa Hazay, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia var. serbica Kobelt, 1906 · unaccepted (invalid; not Kobelt, 1872)
Helix pomatia var. solitaria Hazay, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pomatia velicensis Kleinschmidt, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix promaeca Bourguignat, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pyrgia Bourguignat, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix scalaris O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix segalaunica Sayn, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Subspecies Helix pomatia albida Moquin-Tandon, 1855 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  2. Subspecies Helix pomatia brunnea Moquin-Tandon, 1855 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  3. Subspecies Helix pomatia expansilabris Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  4. Subspecies Helix pomatia parva Moquin-Tandon, 1855 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  5. Subspecies Helix pomatia quinquefasciata Moquin-Tandon, 1855 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  6. Variety Helix pomatia var. banatica M. Kimakowicz, 1890 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid; not Rossmässler, 1838)
  7. Variety Helix pomatia var. christinae Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  8. Variety Helix pomatia var. compacta Hazay, 1880 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  9. Variety Helix pomatia var. decussata Mortillet, 1854 accepted as Helix buchii Dubois de Montpéreux, 1840 (junior synonym)
  10. Variety Helix pomatia var. dobrudschae Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  11. Variety Helix pomatia var. elsae Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  12. Variety Helix pomatia var. gratiosa Gredler, 1892 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  13. Variety Helix pomatia var. hajnaldiana Hazay, 1880 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  14. Variety Helix pomatia var. kapellae Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  15. Variety Helix pomatia var. krueperi Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix schlaeflii Mousson, 1859 (invalid; not O. Boettger, 1891)
  16. Variety Helix pomatia var. lagarinae Adami, 1885 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  17. Variety Helix pomatia var. lednicensis Brancsik, 1888 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Variety Helix pomatia var. luteola Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  19. Variety Helix pomatia var. pannonica Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  20. Variety Helix pomatia var. piceata Gredler, 1890 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  21. Variety Helix pomatia var. pulskyana Hazay, 1880 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  22. Variety Helix pomatia var. radiata Uličný, 1885 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  23. Variety Helix pomatia var. rhodopensis Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  24. Variety Helix pomatia var. sabulosa Hazay, 1880 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  25. Variety Helix pomatia var. serbica Kobelt, 1906 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid; not Kobelt, 1872)
  26. Variety Helix pomatia var. solitaria Hazay, 1880 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
  27. Variety Helix pomatia var. thessalica O. Boettger, 1886 accepted as Helix thessalica O. Boettger, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded rank, junior synonym)
  28. Subspecies Helix pomatia velicensis Kleinschmidt, 1920 accepted as Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Variety Helix pomatia var. contracta Hazay, 1884 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 771 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050286 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 771 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Helicogena pomatia burmeisteri W. Blume, 1920) Blume, W. (1920). Einige mazedonische Schnecken. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 52 (2): 89-92. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_52_0089-0092.pdf
page(s): 90 [details] 

original description (of Helicogena pomatia brenaensis W. Blume, 1920) Blume, W. (1920). Einige mazedonische Schnecken. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 52 (2): 89-92. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_52_0089-0092.pdf
page(s): 91 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia var. compacta Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 40 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia var. pulskyana Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 41 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia var. hajnaldiana Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 41 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia var. lednicensis Brancsik, 1888) Brancsik, K. (1888). Eine neue Varietät der Helix pomatia. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 20: 117‑118. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15599770 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia var. sabulosa Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 42 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia var. solitaria Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 42 [details] 

original description (of Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. costellata Kobelt, 1906) Kobelt, W. (1906-1907). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 13 (1/2): 1–16, pl. 331–340 [Dec. 1906]; (2) 13 (3/4): 17–40, pl. 341–350 [Sept. 1907]; (2) 13 (5/6): 41–68, pl. 351–360 [Dec. 1907]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 4, Taf. 333, Fig. 277 [details] 

original description (of Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. transsylvanica Kobelt, 1906) Kobelt, W. (1906-1907). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 13 (1/2): 1–16, pl. 331–340 [Dec. 1906]; (2) 13 (3/4): 17–40, pl. 341–350 [Sept. 1907]; (2) 13 (5/6): 41–68, pl. 351–360 [Dec. 1907]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 5, Taf. 333, Fig. 279 [details] 

original description (of Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. claudiensis Kobelt, 1906) Kobelt, W. (1906-1907). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 13 (1/2): 1–16, pl. 331–340 [Dec. 1906]; (2) 13 (3/4): 17–40, pl. 341–350 [Sept. 1907]; (2) 13 (5/6): 41–68, pl. 351–360 [Dec. 1907]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 5, Taf. 333, Fig. 280 [details] 

original description (of Helix (Helicogena) pomatia var. pedemontana Kobelt, 1907) Kobelt, W. (1906-1907). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 13 (1/2): 1–16, pl. 331–340 [Dec. 1906]; (2) 13 (3/4): 17–40, pl. 341–350 [Sept. 1907]; (2) 13 (5/6): 41–68, pl. 351–360 [Dec. 1907]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 8, Taf. 335, Fig. 2085 [details] 

original description (of Helix pomatia velicensis Kleinschmidt, 1920) Kleinschmidt, O. (1920). Neubeschreibungen. <em>Falco.</em> XVI: 16 [Halle].
page(s): 16 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Psonis, N.; Vardinoyannis, K.; Poulakakis, N. (2022). High-throughput degraded DNA sequencing of subfossil shells of a critically endangered stenoendemic land snail in the Aegean. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 175: 107561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107561 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source van der Schalie, H. & Dundee, D. S. (1958). <i>Helix pomatia</i> colony at Jackson, Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 72(1): 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521047 [details] 

additional source Turner, R. D. (1961). <i>Helix pomatia</i> Linné, colonized at Plymouth, Mass. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 74(3): 122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524003 [details] 

additional source McClary, A. (1965). <i>Helix pomatia</i> in Wisconsin. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 79(1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517456 [details] 

additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 170, Fig. 92C [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Korábek, O., Juřičková, L. & Petrusek, A. (2015). Splitting the Roman snail Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (Stylommatophora: Helicidae) into two: redescription of the forgotten Helix thessalica Boettger, 1886. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies 82: 11–22.</em> , available online at https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/82/1/11/2460193 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rush, W. H. (1892). Extracts from a letter. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(7): 81-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42789033 [details] 

additional source Trinchese, S. (1863). On the structure of the nervous system in the gasteropodous Mollusca. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3rd series.</em> 12: 474-475., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27660197 [details] 

additional source Archer, A. F. (1937). <i>Helix pomatia</i> Linné in Jackson, Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 51(2): 61-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9203281 [details] 

additional source Washburn, R. G. (1941). A Wisconsin colony of <i>Helix pomatia</i> L. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(4): 145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519306 [details] 

 
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