''Pycnoptychia'' is a
genus of a
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Urocoptidae.
Distribution
This genus lives in
Cuba.
["Mollusca"](_blank)
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
Ecology
Species in the genus ''Pycnoptychia'' are a ground dwelling species in Cuba.
[Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly ''Alecton discoidalis'' Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". '' Psyche'' 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, .]
Species
Species in the genus ''Pycnoptychia'' include:
* ''
Pycnoptychia amicorum'' Torre & Bartsch, 2008
* ''
Pycnoptychia humboldtii'' (Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''
Pycnoptychia oviedoiana'' (d’Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Pycnoptychia peraffinis'' (Pilsbry, 1903)
* ''
Pycnoptychia scaeva'' (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)
* ''
Pycnoptychia shuttleworthiana'' (Poey, 1856)
* ''
Pycnoptychia strangulata'' (Poey, 1856)
* ''
Pycnoptychia striatella'' (Wright in Pfeiffer, 1864)
* ''
Pycnoptychia torrei'' (Arango, 1876)
* ''
Pycnoptychia trina
''Pycnoptychia'' is a genus of a land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocoptidae.
Distribution
This genus lives in List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba, Cuba. '' Torre & Bartsch, 2008
References
Urocoptidae
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