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Definition of Turritella

Turritella
Turritella Tur`ri*tel"la, n. [NL., dim fr. L. turris tower.] (Zo["o]l.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.

Meaning of Turritella from wikipedia

- Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822 Turritella chordata Suter, 1908 Turritella chrysotoxa Tomlin, 1825 Turritella cingulata Sowerby, 1825 Turritella cingulifera...
- Turritella communis, common name the "common tower s****" is a species of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family...
- Turritella chordata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. Suter, 1908, Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 8. World Register...
- Amastridae. Subspecies Amastra turritella aiea Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 Amastra turritella turritella (A. Férussac, 1821) Amastra turritella waiawa Hyatt & Pilsbry...
- Turritella carinifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved...
- Turritella acropora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. Dall, W. H.,1889 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 18. World...
- Kapalmerella is an extinct genus of prehistoric sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
- 285 ft). S****'s floating production, storage, and offloading oil platform Turritella in the Gulf of Mexico is a moored platform approximately 2,900 m (9,500 ft)...
- called Turritella agate. It was named after the sea snail genus Turritella because of the resemblance of the freshwater snail s**** to the Turritella fossils...
- Turritella terebra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. The s**** of Turritella terebra, has a long tower-like...