This has a interesting concept on the Helix -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_snail

In the section of "Relationship with humans" escargot is mentioned.

Martin

Kay Lavalier wrote:
> Thanks, Steve.
>
> Gloucester is not that far from Marblehead (Kay
>
> and I visited both towns in the same day), so
>
> that's a good confirmation. Snails may be slow,
>
> but it doesn't seem to take very long for introduced
>
> species to get around. I read somewhere (can't
>
> remember where) that people brought Helix
>
> to New England a very long time ago, for food.
>
> Yours,
>
> Andrew Vik
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* steve rosenthal <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     *To: *[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     *Sent:* 6/7/2008 7:00:24 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [CONCH-L] Helix aspersa in Marblehead MA
>
>     Kay, I can't answer your question directly, but about two years
>     ago Kevin Czaja and I found a number of small but rather fresh
>     dead H. aspersa on the ground while searching for shells among
>     stored lobster traps at Gloucester.  W
>
>     On 6/7/08, *Kay Lavalier* <[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>         Dear All:
>
>         I found what I think are
>
>         Helix aspersa in Marblehead,
>
>         Massachusetts a few years back.
>
>         Does anyone have confirmation
>
>         that H. aspersa was introduced there?
>
>         Yours,
>
>         Andrew Vik
>
>

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