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Pilsbryspira albocincta

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| image_caption = Shell of Pilsbryspira albocincta (specimen in MNHN, Paris)

|authority= (C. B. Adams, 1845)

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  • Pilsbryspira ornata (D'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Pleurotoma albocincta Adams C. B., 1845
  • Pleurotoma ornata Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1847

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Pilsbryspira albocincta, commonly known as the white-banded turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the turrid family Pseudomelatomidae.{{WRMS species|420407|Pilsbryspira albocincta (C. B. Adams, 1845)||5 April 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 14 mm.{{Cite web |title={{!}} Shells For Sale {{!}} Conchology |url=https://conchology.be/?t=764&family=TURRIDAE%20-%20PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE&species_science=Pilsbryspira%20albocincta&species_text=&species=Pilsbryspira%20albocincta |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=conchology.be |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Leal |first=José H. |date=2022-02-25 |title=Shell of the Week: The White-band Drillia |url=https://www.shellmuseum.org/post/shell-of-the-week-the-white-band-drillia |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=shellmuseum |language=en}} It is composed of alternating stripes of white and then reddish-brown knobs.

Distribution

P. albocincta can be found in Atlantic Ocean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to the Lesser Antilles.;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. also off Cuba, Panama and Brazil. It lives in the Benthic zone, 0 to 11 metres above the seafloor.{{Cite web |title=Pilsbryspira albocincta |url=https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Pilsbryspira-albocincta.html |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.sealifebase.ca}}

References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081421/http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf 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]
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }}
  • [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_1982.shtml Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira albocincta]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44342381#page/60/mode/1up 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)]

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albocincta

Category:Gastropods described in 1845

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