Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

[1] Adult snails weigh about 20–25 g.[2] The width of the shell is 35–60 mm.

The native distribution is the Caucasus, Anatolia and, arguably, the Balkans.

[12] Juvenile snails that are two to three months old weigh 0.5–0.9 g.[2] 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. lucorum haemocytes and digestive gland cells is determined by the comet assay.