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title: "Turkish Snail"
description: "Helix lucorum — Andere dieren. Helix lucorum, known commonly as the Turkish Snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/turkish-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Turkish Snail

> Helix lucorum — Andere dieren. Helix lucorum, known commonly as the Turkish Snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

- Scientific name: *Helix lucorum*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9792
- Wikidata: [Q477698](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477698)
- iNaturalist taxon: [336841](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/336841)

## Names

- en: Turkish Snail
- de: Gestreifte Weinbergschnecke
- es: Caracol Turco
- fr: Escargot turc

## Countries with the most observations

FR (2149), IT (1437), RU (1356), TR (1173), BG (632), GE (525), RO (449), GR (236), AM (190), UA (177), MK (157), HR (104)

## Summary

Helix lucorum, known commonly as the Turkish Snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_lucorum

## Photo

![Turkish Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/turkish-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vladislav Tsepilov · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122342694

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/turkish-snail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).