The native distribution is the
Caucasus,
Anatolia and, arguably, the
Balkans. It has also invaded many other regions since ancient times, likely assisted by humans.[4]
Eastern native range with main genetic diversity of the species:
Ukraine - invasive, in
Crimea ("Helix taurica Krynicki, 1833") at least since early 19 century, probably much longer, these populations originated from
Anatolia;[4] other colonies of a different lineage also appear since 2000s in mainland part of Southern Ukraine and in Crimea as well[4][7][8]
The diameter of the egg is 4.4 mm.[12] Juvenile snails that are two to three months old weigh 0.5–0.9 g.[2]
Human use
Measurement of
DNA damage in H. lucorum collected from environmental sites can be used for evaluating
soil pollution at these sites.[13] DNA damage in H. lucorumhaemocytes and digestive gland cells is determined by the
comet assay.
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^Peltanová A., Petrusek A., Kment P. & Juřičková L. (2011). "A fast snail's pace: colonization of Central Europe by Mediterranean gastropods". Biological Invasions14(4): 759-764.
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^Palmer, P. (2010). "Helix lucorum in Wimbledon, S.W. London". Mollusc World. 23: 12.
^Sargsyan A, Hovhannisyan G, Simonyan A, Arakelyan M, Arzumanyan M, Aroutiounian R. Application of land snail Helix lucorum for evaluation of genotoxicity of soil pollution. Mutat Res Genet Toxicol Environ Mutagen. 2022 Jun;878:503500. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2022.503500. Epub 2022 May 6. PMID 35649673
^National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.).
Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US).
ISBN978-0-309-48834-1.
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