1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Turritella \Tur`ri*tel"la\, n. [NL., dim fr. L. turris tower.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
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