TURRITELLA

Meaning of TURRITELLA in English

noun 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.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

TURRITELLA — ˌtərəˈtelə noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin turris + New Latin -ella 1. capitalized : a genus (the type …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURRITELLA — (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of …
Английский словарь Webster
TURRITELLA — ( n. ) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TURRITELLID — noun see turritella 2
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCREW SHELL — noun : a long slender spiral gastropod shell (as of a gastropod of Turritella or related genera)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURRITELLID — (genus Turritella), any of several species of gastropods (snails) abundantly represented in fossil and living form from the Cretaceous Period, …
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