Pilsbryspira albocincta

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]

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 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]