Pilsbryspira nodata

Pilsbryspira nodata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]

Pilsbryspira nodata
Apertural view of a shell of Pilsbryspira nodata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Pilsbryspira
Species:	P. nodata
Binomial name
Pilsbryspira nodata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
Crassispira albomaculata (d'Orbigny, 1847) Crassispira pilsbryi Bartsch, 1950 Pilsbryspira albomaculata (d'Orbigny, 1847) Pilsbryspira albopustulata Smith, 1882 Pilsbryspira pilsbryi Bartsch, 1950 Pleurotoma albomaculata d'Orbigny, 1847 (non C. B. Adams, 1845)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

P. nodata can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to Venezuela.[2]

References

1. Pilsbryspira nodata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. 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.

• Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 206-218

External links

• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Gastropods.com: Pilsbryspira nodata
• 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.