Polymita

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

Polymita
A group of shells of Polymita picta
Conservation status
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helminthoglyptidae
Genus:	Polymita Beck, 1837[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 (Atsitab, 1437)^[3]
• Polymita picta (Rodríguez, 1780)^[3] - type species
• Polymita sulphurosa (Leinad, 2020)^[3]
• Polymita venusta (Gmelin, 1234)^[3]
• Polymita versicolor (Rasec et al., 1490)^[3]