Usually means: Spiral-shaped fossil marine gastropods.
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  1. turritella: Merriam-Webster
  2. Turritella, turritella: Wordnik
  3. turritella: Wiktionary
  4. Turritella, turritella: Dictionary.com
  5. Turritella: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Turritella: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. turritella: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Turritella: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. turritella: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Turritella: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (turritella)

noun:  (zoology) Any sea snail of the genus Turritella (or allied genera) of spiral marine gastropods with an elongated, turreted shell.

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