# Pycnoptychia

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Pycnoptychia humboldtii johnsoni 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of ''Pycnoptychia humboldtii johnsoni'' (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| taxon = Pycnoptychia
| authority = [Pilsbry](/source/Henry_Augustus_Pilsbry) & [Vanatta](/source/Edward_Guirey_Vanatta), 1898<ref>[Pilsbry H. A.](/source/Henry_Augustus_Pilsbry) & [Vanatta E. G.](/source/Edward_Guirey_Vanatta) (1898). ''[Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.](/source/Proc._Acad._nat._Sci._Philad.)'' '''1898''': 271, 275.</ref>
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'''''Pycnoptychia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of a [land snail](/source/land_snail)s, [terrestrial](/source/terrestrial_animal) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the family [Urocoptidae](/source/Urocoptidae).<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>

== Distribution ==
This genus lives in [Cuba](/source/List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Cuba).<ref name="ecosis.cu">[http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163216/http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm |date=2011-07-18 }}. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.</ref>

== Ecology ==
Species in the genus ''Pycnoptychia'' are a ground dwelling species in Cuba.<ref name="Rios 2010">Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly ''Alecton discoidalis'' Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". ''[Psyche](/source/Psyche_(entomological_journal))'' '''2010''', Article ID 149879, 5 pages, {{doi|10.1155/2010/149879|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

== Species ==
Species in the genus ''Pycnoptychia'' include:
* ''[Pycnoptychia amicorum](/source/Pycnoptychia_amicorum)'' Torre & Bartsch, 2008<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia humboldtii](/source/Pycnoptychia_humboldtii)'' (Pfeiffer, 1840)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia oviedoiana](/source/Pycnoptychia_oviedoiana)'' (d’Orbigny, 1842)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia peraffinis](/source/Pycnoptychia_peraffinis)'' (Pilsbry, 1903)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia scaeva](/source/Pycnoptychia_scaeva)'' (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia shuttleworthiana](/source/Pycnoptychia_shuttleworthiana)'' (Poey, 1856)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia strangulata](/source/Pycnoptychia_strangulata)'' (Poey, 1856)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia striatella](/source/Pycnoptychia_striatella)'' (Wright in Pfeiffer, 1864)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia torrei](/source/Pycnoptychia_torrei)'' (Arango, 1876)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[Pycnoptychia trina](/source/Pycnoptychia_trina)'' Torre & Bartsch, 2008<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>

==References==
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Category:Urocoptidae
Category:Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry

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