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Vermiculate helix

Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The vermiculate helix (Eobania vermiculata) is a species in the family Helicidae.

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Quick facts about the vermiculate helix

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the vermiculate helix live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the vermiculate helix as introduced in 11 countries.

  1. Albania
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Georgia
  5. Israel
  6. Mexico
  7. Qatar
  8. Saudi Arabia
  9. South Africa
  10. Ukraine
  11. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the vermiculate helix endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the vermiculate helix classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyHelicidae
  5. genusEobania
  6. SpeciesEobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Synonyms Eobania vermiculata vermiculata, Helix aecouria, Helix bonduelliana, Helix concolor, Helix fleurati, Helix fleurati var. obesa, Helix fleurati var. subcarinata, Helix linusae, Helix linusiana, Helix minuta, Helix subangulata, Helix thalassina, Helix toukriana, Helix vermiculata, Helix vermiculata var. albida, Helix vermiculata var. aspersa, Helix vermiculata var. conoidea, Helix vermiculata var. depressa, Helix vermiculata var. expallescens, Helix vermiculata var. minuta, Helix vermiculata var. saharica, Helix vermiculata var. solidior, Helix vermiculata var. trizonata, Helix vermiculata var. usticensis, Helix vermiculata var. uticensis, Massylaea vermiculata, Otala vermiculata, Otala vermiculata figarolae, Theba meridionalis

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Chocolate banded snailEnglish
  • Chocolate-band snailEnglish
  • Chocolateband snailEnglish
  • Vermiculate snailEnglish
  • MonjaCatalan
  • jižanka středomořskáCzech
  • NudelschneckeGerman
  • ΛιανοσαλίγκαροςGreek
  • Caracol de los fideosSpanish
  • MourguetteFrench
  • אאובניה זרהHebrew
  • Mediteranska pužicaCroatian
  • mintás szalagoscsigaHungarian
  • Chiocciola fasciata mediterraneaItalian
  • イスパニアマイマイJapanese
  • PastaslakDutch
  • Caracol-fradePortuguese
  • Улитка расписнаяRussian
  • nudelsnäckaSwedish
  • Çizgili SalyangozTurkish
  • Равлик розмальованийUkrainian
  • Caragol dels FideusCatalan
  • DivertikelschneckeGerman
  • Escargot mourguétaFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the vermiculate helix

Other species in the same genus Eobania.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the vermiculate helix an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the vermiculate helix as introduced in 11 countries, including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Georgia and Israel, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Vermiculate helix (Eobania vermiculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vermiculate-helix

MLA

“Vermiculate helix (Eobania vermiculata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vermiculate-helix.

BibTeX
@misc{vermiculate_helix_2026,
  title = {Vermiculate helix (Eobania vermiculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vermiculate-helix},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}