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turritella |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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