turritella

noun

tur·​ri·​tel·​la

ˌtərəˈtelə

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Turritellidae) of marine gastropod mollusks having an elongated turreted shell composed of many whorls with a rounded aperture and a horny multispiral operculum

2

or less commonly turritellid

-lə̇d

plural -s : any mollusk or shell of the genus Turritella or family Turritellidae see screw shell

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Latin turris + New Latin -ella

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