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Polymita picta, also known as the Cuban painted snail, or the oriente tree snail, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. [2] It is the type species of the genus Polymita, and is endemic to Eastern Cuba.
Polymita is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae. [ 2 ] These snails are endemic to Cuba .
Polymita picta, the Cuban land snail or painted snail, a large, air-breathing land snail species endemic to Cuba; Polystira picta, a sea snail species; Psittacella picta, the painted tiger parrot, a bird species found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; Pterygotrigla picta, the spotted gurnard, a fish species found in the Indo-Pacific oceans
It also protects habitat for 6 species of painted snails ('Polymita' spp.), including several distinct evolutionary lineages. Thirteen mammals, 110 birds, 44 reptiles, and 17 amphibians have been observed in the park. [2] Over 90% of the amphibian and reptile species found in the park are endemic to Cuba, including the endangered Cuban night ...
Like other Vitrea snails, the new species has both male and female genitalia, researchers said. Mt. Devica crystal snails were found crawling on “wet rocks” in “a small underground cavern ...
Zachrysia provisoria, the Cuban brown snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Zachrysiidae. [1]This species is already established in the USA and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce.
an unidentified land snail from Cuba an unidentified land snail from Cuba an unidentified land snail from Cuba. There are about 1300 [2] or 1387 species [3] of land gastropods in Cuba. Land snails have a large degree of endemism and represent almost 94% of the species. [1] There is enormous number of species in the family Urocoptidae in Cuba ...
The genus Liguus is restricted to some of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola) and to Florida.Four of the species, Liguus virgineus (Hispaniola), L. blainianus (Habana and Pinar del Río Provinces, Cuba), L. flammellus (Pinar del Río Province, Cuba), and L. vittatus (Oriente Province, Cuba [since 1976, divided into five new provinces]), have localized ranges, while the numerous subspecies ...