''Pycnoptychia'' is a

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of a

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s in the family

Urocoptidae Urocoptidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea. Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy The family Urocoptidae was classified in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to ...

Distribution

This genus lives in

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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.

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References

Urocoptidae {{Urocoptidae-stub