Polymita

Polymita
A group of shells of Polymita picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helminthoglyptidae[1]
Genus: Polymita
Beck, 1837[2]

Polymita, is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae.[1]

These snails are endemic to Cuba.

Anatomy

Polymita creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

Polymita snails in its habitat

Species

Species within the genus Polymita include:

  • Polymita brocheri (Gutiérrez in Pfeiffer, 1864)[3]
  • Polymita muscarum (Lea, 1834)[3]
  • Polymita picta (Born, 1780)[3] - type species
  • Polymita sulphurosa (Morelet, 1849)[3]
  • Polymita venusta (Gmelin, 1786)[3]
  • Polymita versicolor (Born, 1870)[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Beck H. H. (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 44.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mollusca" Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  • González Guillén A. (2014). "Polymita, the most beautiful land snail of the world". Carlos M. Estevez & Associates, Miami, 359 pp., ISBN 978-1-63068-516-4.


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