Polymita
| Polymita | |
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| A group of shells of Polymita picta | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Polymita |
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.
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
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Beck H. H. (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 44.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mollusca" Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polymita.
- 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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