Biology:Pilsbryspira albocincta
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Pilsbryspira albocincta | |
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| Shell of Pilsbryspira albocincta (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Pilsbryspira |
| Species: | P. albocincta
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| Binomial name | |
| Pilsbryspira albocincta (C. B. Adams, 1845)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pilsbryspira albocincta (C. B. Adams, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ "| Shells For Sale | Conchology" (in en). https://conchology.be/?t=764&family=TURRIDAE%20-%20PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE&species_science=Pilsbryspira%20albocincta&species_text=&species=Pilsbryspira%20albocincta.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leal, José H. (2022-02-25). "Shell of the Week: The White-band Drillia" (in en). https://www.shellmuseum.org/post/shell-of-the-week-the-white-band-drillia.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Pilsbryspira albocincta". https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Pilsbryspira-albocincta.html.
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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- 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)
Wikidata ☰ Q3177243 entry
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