Pycnoptychia is a genus of a land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocoptidae.
Distribution This genus lives in Cuba."Mollusca" . 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 Torre & Bartsch, 2008
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