Polymita is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae.[2]

Polymita
A group of shells of Polymita picta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helminthoglyptidae
Genus: Polymita
Beck, 1837[1]

These snails are endemic to Cuba.

Anatomy

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

Species

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Species within the genus Polymita include:

References

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  1. ^ Beck H. H. (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 44.
  2. ^ "Polymita (Genus)". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Mollusca" Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
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  • 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.