Pycnoptychia Explained

Pycnoptychia is a genus of a land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocoptidae.

Distribution

This genus lives in Cuba.^[1]

Ecology

Species in the genus Pycnoptychia are a ground dwelling species in Cuba.^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Pycnoptychia include:

• Pycnoptychia amicorum Torre & Bartsch, 2008^[1]
• Pycnoptychia humboldtii (Pfeiffer, 1840)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia oviedoiana (d’Orbigny, 1842)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia peraffinis (Pilsbry, 1903)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia scaeva (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia shuttleworthiana (Poey, 1856)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia strangulata (Poey, 1856)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia striatella (Wright in Pfeiffer, 1864)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia torrei (Arango, 1876)^[1]
• Pycnoptychia trina Torre & Bartsch, 2008^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"
2. 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, .