Polymita | |
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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 |
Genus: |
Polymita Beck, 1837 |
Polymita, is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae.
These snails are endemic to Cuba.
Polymita creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
Species within the genus Polymita include: