Cuban painted land snail (Polymita picta)

Parque de Viñales, Cuba. Dec 26, 2012.

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englishindiangirl

Lion

Very similar to our snails here But, maybe bigger? Posted 9 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  They aren't very big. But I was quite unlucky, this species is very variable, and these were very drab individuals, most of their conspecifics are much more deserving of the 'painted' epithet.
  http://i58.tinypic.com/2mqka6h.jpg
  Posted 9 years ago

The Painted Snail

''Polymita picta'', common name the Cuban land snail or the painted snail, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This species is the type species of the genus ''Polymita''.

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Similar species: Land Snails And Slugs

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson