Polymita
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clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Polymita
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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.
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Anatomy
Polymita creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
File:Baracoa-Polimitas.jpg
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Polymita_Genus.asp
- ↑ Beck H. H. (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 44.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
External links
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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.
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