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Topic: Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum)

Chris,

Could you please add the Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758) to the dictionary.

We have recently had a specimen taken at Woolston Eyes on 5th January  2013.  Adrian Norris, non-marine recorder for the British Conchological Society has said that there have been specimens recorded from: Wimbledon in October 2009, one from Cardiff in July 2012 and a “thriving colony from Pitfield open space in Hoddesden, Hertfordshire in June 2012”.   (http://www.conchsoc.org/node/6133).

It would be good to be able to get these finds into the LRC databases and then into the Gateway.

Many thanks

Steve

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Re: Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum)

Chris,

Other synonyms for this species include:


    Helix anaphora Westerlund, 1889
    Helix annosa Mascarini, 1892
    Helix atrocincta Bourguignat, 1883
    Helix candida Mascarini, 1892
    Helix elongata Bourguignat, 1860
    Helix nigrozonata Bourguignat, 1883
    Helix presbensis Kobelt, 1905
    Helix rypara Bourguignat, 1883
    Helix straminea Briganti, 1825
    Helix straminiformis Bourguignat, 1876
    Helix virago Bourguignat, 1883
    Helix yleobia Bourguignat, 1883

Cheers.

Steve

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Re: Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum)

Hi Steve

Yes, no problem - I will stick with just "Helix (Helix) lucorum Linnaeus, 1758" for now though and avoid adding the synonyms until someone says there is a recording scheme or checklist in the UK that uses one of them. I have to remember that the primary use of the database is as a recording tool, not a giant checklist of all the names that have ever been used ;)

The TVK for this is: NHMSYS0020978827

Many thanks,
Chris R.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum)

Thanks Chris - appreciated.

Steve

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