What is Helix pomatia?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Helix pomatia'' | image = Helix pomatia 89a.jpg | image_width = 225px | status = NE | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Mollusca]] | classis = [[Gastropoda]] | ordo = [[Pulmonata]] | familia = [[Helicidae]] | genus = ''[[Helix (genus)|Helix]]'' | binomial = ''Helix pomatia'' | binomial_authority = [[Linnaeus]], [[1758]]}} [[File:Helix pomatia MHNT.ZOO.2002.0.33.jpg|thumb| Shell of ''Helix pomatia'']] '''''Helix pomatia''''' is the '''edible snail''', also known as the 'Burgundy' or 'Roman' snail. It is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land [[snail]], a terrestrial [[gastropod]] in the family [[Helicidae]]. It is cooked and eaten as an ''escargot''. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Gastropods]]