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PAINTED SNAIL - or CUBAN LAND SNAIL - (Polymita picta) ©Adrián González Guillén Their 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. The shell of this species is large, brightly colored, and has numerous color varieties. This species is the type species of the genus Polymita. This snail is endemic to Cuba. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymita_picta Other photos you may like: Banana Slug Green Snail Common Garden Snail

PAINTED SNAIL - or CUBAN LAND SNAIL - (Polymita picta)

©Adrián González Guillén

Their 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.

The shell of this species is large, brightly colored, and has numerous color varieties.

This species is the type species of the genus Polymita.

This snail is endemic to Cuba.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymita_picta

Other photos you may like:

Banana Slug

Green Snail

Common Garden Snail

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