Harzhauser, Mathias;Landau, Bernard
Turritella
Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyTurritellidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded42,323
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- Species
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- Invalid
- Fossil species
- "Turritella agate"
- Turritellenplatte
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Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone.