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Definition of Turbinella

Turbinella
Turbinella Tur`bi*nel"la, n. [NL., dim. fr. L. turbo, -inis, a top.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.

Meaning of Turbinella from wikipedia

- genus Turbinella include: Turbinella angulata (Lightfoot, 1786) Turbinella fusus Sowerby, 1825 [1] Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1838 Turbinella laffertyi...
- Quercus turbinella is a North American species of oak known by the common names shrub oak, turbinella oak, shrub live oak, and gray oak. It is native...
- conches also include the sacred chank or shankha s**** (Turbinella pyrum) and other Turbinella species in the family Turbinellidae. The Triton's trumpet...
- Turbinella pyrum, common names the chank s****, sacred chank or chank, also known as the divine conch or referred to simply as a conch, is a species of...
- Turbinella tuberculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinellidae. This is a species inquirenda. Turbinella tuberculata...
- made by any member of a variety of species including mollusks (such as Turbinella laevigata), mantises, and ****roaches. The word is a Latinized combination...
- Turbinella angulata, common name the West Indian chank s**** or Lamp S****, is a species of very large tropical sea snail with a gill and an operculum...
- subspecies of this species: Turbinella laevigata laevigata Anton, 1838 Turbinella laevigata rianae Delsaerdt, 1986 (synonym : Turbinella rianae Delsaerdt, 1987)...
- s**** of a large sea snail from the Indian Ocean (a s**** of the species Turbinella pyrum), but one that has a rare reverse-turning spiral. The shankha is...
- James the Great, see Pecten jacobaeus. In Hinduism, left-handed s**** of Turbinella pyrum (the sacred shankha) are considered to be sacred to the god Vishnu...