Turritella

Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.

Turritella
Temporal range:
Shells of different Turritella species
Fossil shells of Turritella cingulifera from the Pliocene of Cyprus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Turritella
Lamarck, 1799
Synonyms
  • Colpospirella Powell, 1951
  • Haustator (Kurosioia) Ida, 1952
  • Proto Blainville, 1824 (Invalid: junior homonym of Proto Leach, 1814 [Crustacea])
  • Torcula Gray, 1847
  • Turritella (Eglisia) Gray, 1847
  • Turritella (Haustator) Montfort, 1810
  • Turritella (Mesalia) Gray, 1847
  • † Turritella (Tomyris) Michailovskij, 1912 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Turritella (Torcula) Gray, 1847
  • Turritella (Zaria) Gray, 1847
  • Zaria Gray, 1847

They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone.

The name Turritella comes from the Latin word turritus meaning "turreted" or "towered" and the diminutive suffix -ella.

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