Biology:Pycnoptychia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Pycnoptychia
File:Pycnoptychia humboldtii johnsoni 001.jpg
Shell of Pycnoptychia humboldtii johnsoni (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Pycnoptychia

Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898[1]

Pycnoptychia is a genus of a land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocoptidae.[2]

Distribution

This genus lives in Cuba.[2]

Ecology

Species in the genus Pycnoptychia are a ground dwelling species in Cuba.[3]

Species

Species in the genus Pycnoptychia include:

  • Pycnoptychia amicorum Torre & Bartsch, 2008[2]
  • Pycnoptychia humboldtii (Pfeiffer, 1840)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia oviedoiana (d’Orbigny, 1842)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia peraffinis (Pilsbry, 1903)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia scaeva (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia shuttleworthiana (Poey, 1856)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia strangulata (Poey, 1856)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia striatella (Wright in Pfeiffer, 1864)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia torrei (Arango, 1876)[2]
  • Pycnoptychia trina Torre & Bartsch, 2008[2]

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. & Vanatta E. G. (1898). Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1898: 271, 275.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  3. 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, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.

Wikidata ☰ Q7262930 entry