Pilsbryspira albocincta

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Pilsbryspira albocincta
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Shell of Pilsbryspira albocincta (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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 albocinctaAdams C. B., 1845
  • Pleurotoma ornataOrbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

Pilsbryspira albocincta, commonly known as the white-banded turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the turrid family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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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 Ocean 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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