Pilsbryspira albocincta

Species of gastropod

Pilsbryspira albocincta
Shell of Pilsbryspira albocincta (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. albocincta
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira albocincta
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pilsbryspira ornata (D'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Pleurotoma albocincta Adams C. B., 1845
  • Pleurotoma ornata Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

Pilsbryspira albocincta, common name the white-banded turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 14 mm.[2][3] It is composed of alternating stripes of white and then reddish-brown knobs.[3]

Distribution

P. albocincta can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to the Lesser Antilles.;[4] also off Cuba, Panama and Brazil. It lives in the Benthic zone, 0 to 11 metres above the seafloor.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Pilsbryspira albocincta (C. B. Adams, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ "| Shells For Sale | Conchology". conchology.be. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Leal, José H. (25 February 2022). "Shell of the Week: The White-band Drillia". shellmuseum. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.
  5. ^ "Pilsbryspira albocincta". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira albocincta
  • Marine Mollusca from Guanahacabibes peninsula, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, with description of new taxa; Avicennia: revista de ecología, oceanología y biodiversidad tropical. no. 18 (2005)
Taxon identifiers
Pilsbryspira albocincta


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