Pilsbryspira albinodata

Pilsbryspira albinodata, common name the white-noded turret is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]

Pilsbryspira albinodata
Drawing of a shell of Pilsbryspira albinodata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pilsbryspira
Species:
P. albinodata
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira albinodata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia albinodata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma albinodata Reeve, 1846 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This ùarine species occurs off Southeast Florida, USA; off the West Indies; in the Pacific Ocean off Panama to Nicaragua

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira albinodata


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