Turrilite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turrilite \Tur"ri*lite\, n. [L. turris tower + Gr. ? stone: cf.
     F. turrilite.] (Paleon.)
     Any fossil ammonite of the genus {Turrilites}. The shell
     forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
     [1913 Webster]