Pilsbryspira albocincta, commonly known as the white-banded turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the turrid family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 14 mm. It is composed of alternating stripes of white and then reddish-brown knobs.
Distribution P. albocincta can be found in Atlantic Ocean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to the Lesser Antilles.;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. also off Cuba, Panama and Brazil. It lives in the Benthic zone, 0 to 11 metres above the seafloor.
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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
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)