| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | MOLLUSCA | GASTROPODA | STYLOMMATOPHORA | HELICIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Helix pomatia |
| Species Authority: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Assessor/s: | Neubert, E. |
| Reviewer/s: | Cuttelod, A. & Bilz, M. |
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Justification: This species is relatively widespread and there is no threat known to this species. It is therefore considered to be Least Concern (LC). |
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| Range Description: | This species is widespread in central and eastern Europe, and locally abundant. It is recorded from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France (France (mainland)); Germany; Hungary; Italy (Italy (mainland)); Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation (Kaliningrad); Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain (Spain (mainland)); Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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| Population: | The size and trend within the subpopulations are supposed to be stable. |
| Population Trend: |
Stable
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species lives in open temperate forests, in warm shrub lands, vineyards and hedges. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats to this species known. In general, logging may be a threat to local subpopulations, but the species in its European distribution is not threatened. |
| Conservation Actions: | In some European countries, this species is protected, but these are generally in low levels. |
| Citation: | Neubert, E. 2011. Helix pomatia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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