Pilsbryspira albocincta

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]

Pilsbryspira albocincta
Shell of Pilsbryspira albocincta (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

P. albocincta can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to the Lesser Antilles.;[2] also off Cuba, Panama and Brazil.

References

1. Pilsbryspira albocincta (C. B. Adams, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. 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.

External links

• 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.
• 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)