Pilsbryspira albocincta explained

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 14 mm.^{[1] [2]} It is composed of alternating stripes of white and then reddish-brown knobs.

Distribution

P. albocincta can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to the Lesser Antilles.;^[3] also off Cuba, Panama and Brazil. It lives in the Benthic zone, 0 to 11 metres above the seafloor.^[4]

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) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shells For Sale Conchology . 2022-09-01 . conchology.be . en.
2. Web site: Leal . José H. . 2022-02-25 . Shell of the Week: The White-band Drillia . 2022-09-01 . shellmuseum . en.
3. 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.
4. Web site: Pilsbryspira albocincta . 2022-09-01 . www.sealifebase.ca.