Garden snail

Cornu aspersum · Helicidae

Cornu aspersum, known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may be the most widely known. It was classified under the name Helix aspersa for over two centuries, but the prevailing classification now places it in the genus Cornu.

Where the Garden snail lives

Recorded in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy (Europe, North America and Oceania).

Introduced, not native, in United States of America, Ashmore and Cartier Is. and Mexico.

Most records fall in California, New South Wales, Gelderland, Distrito Federal, Hérault and Victoria.

See the Garden snail’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Not evaluated (NE). Scientists haven’t checked yet how at risk it is, so this doesn’t mean it is safe or in danger. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 257,625 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.