Definition of Helix hortensis

1. Noun. A kind of garden snail.

Group relationships: Genus Helix, Helix
Generic synonyms: Garden Snail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helix Hortensis

Helie
Helie's bundle
Heliobacter
Heliobacter pylori
Heliopolis
Helios
Heliothis
Heliothis zia
Heliozoa
Heliozoea
Helipterum
Helipterum manglesii
Helisoma trivolvis
Helix aspersa
Helix hortensis (current term)
Helix pomatia
Helkesaite
Helkesaites
Hell
Hell's Half Acre
Hell's Kitchen
Hell Week
Hell hole
Hell holes
Hell no
Hella
Helladic
Helladic civilisation
Helladic civilization

Literary usage of Helix hortensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1825)
"On the Anatomical Difference between Helix hortensis and H. Nemoralis. By JE Gray, Esq. There has been a difference of opinion among the various English and ..."

2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The early opinion that Helix hortensis is an introduced species in this country was ... It is quite possible that Helix hortensis, like the genus Equus, ..."

3. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1868)
"Helix hortensis. Trachea hortensis, of Leach. This is a much more local species than the last; not quite so large, being only three- quarters of an inch in ..."

4. The Journal of Conchology by Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1874)
"300 : SS Pearce : The Association of Helix nemoralis and Helix hortensis; p. 302: R. Welch : The Association of Helix nemoralis and Helix hortensis in ..."

5. Elementary Zoology by Frank Evers Beddard (1898)
"But if this cannot be conveniently obtained, the common Garden Snail, Helix hortensis, will do. The snail belongs to the same great group as the Swan mussel ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1840)
"Thus he mentions 152 varieties of Helix hortensis, fifty-eight of his Helix ... (a white-mouthed form of Helix hortensis), 226 of Helix nemoralis, ..."

7. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1902)
"4 examples (i23)(4S) ••• i example 00345 ... i example 123(45) ••• ' » Those of Helix hortensis are : ooooo ... 2 examples 12345 ... 3 examples 8. Otford. ..."

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