The present distribution of Helix pomatia is considerably affected by the dispersion by human and synanthropic occurrences.

In the south, the species reaches northern Bulgaria, central Serbia, Bosnia and Hezegovina and Croatia.

[8] The life span is up to 20 years, but they often die sooner due to drying in summer and freezing in winter.

[8] During estivation or hibernation, H. pomatia is one of the few species that is capable of creating a calcareous epiphragm to seal the opening of its shell.

Preference for feeding on the nettle Urtica dioica was found in H. pomatia juveniles in Germany.

[1] However, it is listed in the Annex V of the EU's Habitats Directive and protected by law in several countries to regulate harvesting from free living populations.

The intestinal juice of H. pomatia contains large amounts of aryl, steroid, and glucosinolate sulfatase activities.

These sulfatases have a broad specificity, so they are commonly used as a hydrolyzing agent in analytical procedures such as chromatography where they are used to prepare samples for analysis.

Although this species is highly prized as a food, it is difficult to cultivate and is rarely farmed commercially.