Pilsbryspira albocincta

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Pilsbryspira albocincta
Shell of Pilsbryspira albocincta (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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]

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