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Thesaurus: turritella

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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  1. n. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and alliedgenera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed ofmany whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiraloperculum.