Bernardo Reyes-Tur @bernardoreyestur.bsky.social · 27/06/2025mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic placement of the world's most beautiful snail, Polymita picta url: academic.oup.com/mollus/artic...academic.oup.comThe mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic placement of the world's most beautiful snail, Polymita pictaPolymita picta (Born, 1778) or the Cuban painted snail is renowned for its diverse colour and banding polymorphism. Unfortunately, all the species within t 010
Reposted by Bernardo Reyes-TurAngus Davison @snaildoc.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Snails of Cuba! We found 5 species, including the most endangered and most beautiful, Polymita sulphurosa. Project on evolution/conservation of these snails, led by Cuba, me @ #UoN, and working with London zoo, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. #snails #cuba #fieldwork 311736
Bernardo Reyes-Tur @bernardoreyestur.bsky.social · 16/01/2025A new research article on the "Luminance" of the shells of Polymita has been published for PlosOne. Authors highlight the variability found in the background and bands colour of the shells and its potential relationship with thermo-resistance. Go Polymita go!!! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgShell colour luminance of Cuban painted snails, Polymita picta and Polymita muscarum (Gastropoda: Cepolidae)Climate change is a global environmental threat, directly affecting biodiversity. Terrestrial gastropods are particularly susceptible to alterations in temperature and humidity and have develop morph-... 020
Bernardo Reyes-Tur @bernardoreyestur.bsky.social · 15/01/2025www.facebook.com/share/p/1A27...facebook.comRedirecting... 010