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Turritella (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Species
T. (Bactrospira), T. (Bowlesia), T. (Broderiptella), T. (Eichwaldiella), T. (Kurosioia), T. (Peyrotia), T. (Sohlitella), T. (Tomyris), T. (Turritella), T. (Zaria), T. abbatis, T. abrupta (syn. T. trinitaria, T. charana, T. fredeai, T. supraconcava), T. adabionensis, T. admirabilis, T. aegyptiaca, T. aequistriata, T. affinis, T. ageri, T. aguilerae, T. alpis, T. alternans, T. altilirata, T. ambulacrum, T. anceps, T. andersoni, T. annectens, T. antigona, T. apita, T. arduissima, T. arethusa, T. arsenei (syn. T. acuta, T. kamyschinensis), T. assimilis, T. attenuata, T. auricincta, T. beaufortensis, T. belviderei, T. berjadinensis, T. bernardi, T. bhagothorensis, T. bicarinata, T. bicingulata, T. bosworthi, T. boughtoni, T. bowenae, T. bramkampi, T. brunnhilda, T. buckinghamensis, T. bucklandii, T. bunkerhillensis, T. buwaldana (syn. T. kewi), T. cahuillensis, T. caleta, T. canaliculata, T. candida, T. caparonis, T. capistrata, T. carezi, T. caribaea, T. carlottae, T. carrisaensis, T. ceibana, T. chaneyi (syn. Nerinea robertiana), T. chicoensis, T. chinhauaninae, T. chira, T. clathratula, T. clevelandia, T. cocoditana, T. columnaris, T. communis, T. conquistadorana, T. conspera, T. cooperi (syn. T. jewettii), T. coreyi, T. cornuatus, T. creola, T. crocea, T. cruzadoi, T. cumberlandia, T. curamichatensis, T. dalli, T. daviesi, T. dickersoni, T. diversilineata, T. douvillei, T. durhami, T. dutexata, T. encina, T. exaltata, T. excavata, T. fica, T. filicincta, T. forresti, T. freya, T. fuerta, T. fultoni, T. gabrielensis, T. galvesia, T. gatunensis, T. gemmulifera, T. gilbertharrisi, T. goldfusii, T. gonisotoma, T. gonostoma (syn. T. punctata), T. gothica, T. granti, T. guppyi, T. halensis, T. hallii, T. hamiltonensis, T. hannai, T. harborti, T. harrisoni, T. hearni (syn. T. tolenasensis), T. heberti, T. herberti, T. hollandi, T. hookeri, T. hopkinsi, T. hubbardi, T. humerosa, T. hybrida, T. iddingsi, T. illesca, T. illustris, T. imperialis, T. inca, T. indenta, T. inezana, T. infraconstricta, T. infragranulata, T. infralineata, T. inframarginata, T. iota, T. jacksonensis, T. kachhensis, T. kaiseri, T. kamerunensis, T. kansasensis, T. karatsuensis, T. kayalensis, T. keaseyensis, T. kernensis, T. keswickensis, T. kimberi, T. lagunillasensis, T. lahirii, T. larensis, T. laubei, T. leptomita, T. lindae, T. lineolata, T. lissoni, T. listrota, T. lloydsmithi, T. lornensis, T. machapoorensis, T. maputi, T. margaritana, T. marianopsis, T. masinguiensis, T. matarucana, T. mauryana, T. medioconcava, T. meganosensis, T. melanoides, T. merenskyi, T. meroensis, T. merriami, T. miikensis, T. mississippiensis, T. monilifera, T. monilifera, T. monroensis, T. montereyana, T. montserratensis, T. moodyi, T. narica, T. nasuta, T. negritosensis, T. nelsoni, T. nerinexa, T. nipponica, T. nodosa, T. nodulosa, T. noetlingi, T. obruta, T. ochlockoneensis, T. ocoyana (syn. T. wittichi, T. bosei), T. okadai, T. olssoni, T. olympicensis, T. opalina, T. opalina, T. oregonensis, T. oreodoxa, T. ossa, T. pachecoensis (syn. T. simiensis, T. saffordii), T. packardi, T. paedopsis, T. pagodaeformis, T. pagodula, T. paraguanensis, T. pasada, T. pedroensis, T. peninsularis, T. perdita, T. perduensis, T. perforata, T. petersoni, T. pilsbryi, T. pinfoldi, T. pittsburgensis, T. planispira, T. polonica, T. polynominata (syn. T. conica), T. pondicherriensis, T. portaroi, T. porterensis, T. praelonga, T. prenuncia, T. pseudobandongensis, T. pseudohauthalli, T. pseudotethis, T. puncticulata, T. quadrangulonodosa, T. quadrilira, T. rakhiensis, T. reevei, T. reversa, T. riverae, T. robusta, T. robusta, T. rotundata, T. rustica, T. sakitoensis, T. salasi, T. salchica, T. saltoensis, T. samanensis, T. sanguinea, T. saposa, T. scalata, T. schencki, T. scrippsensis, T. secta, T. segmenta, T. seriatimgranulata, T. sexlineata, T. shataii, T. sherborni, T. soldadensis, T. soriensis, T. sowerbii, T. steiningeri, T. stephanensis, T. stocki, T. stoppanii, T. subcanaliculata, T. subcarinata, T. subgrundifera, T. subtilestriata, T. subtilis, T. subuvasana, T. subvariabilis, T. susanaensis, T. tampae, T. taurinensis, T. tejonensis, T. temblorensis, T. terebellata, T. terebralis, T. terebriformis, T. tippana, T. tipperi, T. tornata, T. torulosa, T. totiumsanctorum, T. tricincta, T. tricostata, T. trilineata, T. trilira, T. trilix, T. turbinata, T. turris, T. tuxtepecensis, T. uvasana, T. vaderensis, T. vanvlecki, T. variata, T. varicosta, T. venezuelana, T. ventricosa, T. vertebroides, T. vientoensis, T. vistana, T. vitulata, T. washingtoniana, T. weaveri, T. wheatlandensis, T. woodsi, T. xylina, T. yucatecana

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Turritella Lamarck
1895Turritella Stanton p. 69
1904Turritella Martin p. 233
1922Turritella Woods p. 78
1925Turritella susanaensis Nelson p. 423 figs. pl. 56, figs. 1, 2
1926Turritella Bohm p. 64
1928Turritella Nagao p. 99
1928Turritella Woodring p. 347
1931Turritella Olsson p. 74
1935Turritella Oostingh p. 5
1937Turritella Popenoe p. 400
1938Turritella Turner p. 83
1939Turritella Mukerjee p. 44
1941Turritella susanaensis Merriam pp. 73 - 74 figs. Plate 41, figures 4, 10
1943Turritella Gardner p. 195
1944Turritella Durham p. 162
1947Turritella Gardner p. 590
1947Turritella Harris and Palmer p. 279
1948Turritella Gardner p. 195
1955Turritella Allison p. 415
1957Turritella Rivera p. 174
1959Turritella Woodring p. 160
1960Turritella MacNeil p. 36
1962Turritella Abbass p. 180
1962Turritella Weisbord p. 144
1967Turritella Abbass p. 18
1967Turritella Olsson p. 37
1970Turritella Addicott p. 46
1970Turritella Scott p. 80
1971Turritella Jung p. 176
1972Turritella Ladd p. 14
1972Turritella Perrilliat p. 38
1973Turritella Iqbal p. 25
1974Turritella Shuto p. 142
1976Turritella Moore p. 29
1980Turritella Hickman p. 23
1983Turritella Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 99
1983Turritella Zinsmeister p. 1289
1984Turritella Kase p. 123
1984Turritella Squires p. 17
1986Turritella Kensley and Pether p. 161
1987Turritella Perrilliat p. 11
1987Turritella Squires p. 24
1987Turritella Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Turritella Squires p. 10
1992Turritella Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1992Turritella Ward p. 115
1993Turritella Dockery p. 48
1993Turritella Wilson p. 140
1994Turritella Titova p. 321
1995Turritella Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Turritella Allmon p. 10
1997Turritella Marquet p. 10
1999Turritella Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 45
2001Turritella Harzhauser and Mandic p. 693
2001Turritella Todd
2001Turritella Wienrich p. 412
2002Turritella Harzhauser p. 76
2002Turritella Sepkoski
2002Turritella van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 18
2004Turritella Harzhauser p. 124
2004Turritella Stilwell et al. p. 28
2004Turritella Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257
2005Turritella Bouchet et al. pp. 179, 249
2007Turritella Harzhauser p. 96
2010Turritella Landau and Marques da Silva p. 18
2019Turritella Devries p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Turritella Lamarck 1799 [turret shell]
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Subg. †Turritella (Bowlesia) Etayo-Serna 1979
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Turritella (Bowlesia) pecki Etayo-Serna 1979
Subg. †Turritella (Broderiptella) Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Turritella bifastigata democraciana Hodson 1926 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Turritella willistoni Hodson 1926 [synonym]
Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Turbo imbricatus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Invalid names: Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis Hodson 1926 [synonym]
Subg. †Turritella (Eichwaldiella) Friedberg 1933
Subg. Turritella (Kurosioia) Ida 1952
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Invalid names: Torcula parva Angas 1877 [synonym], Turritella bicolor Adams and Reeve 1850 [synonym], Turritella fascialis Menke 1830 [synonym], Turritella fragilis Kiener 1873 [synonym], Turritella fuscotincta Petit 1853 [synonym], Turritella gracillima Gould 1861 [synonym], Turritella tricarinata King 1832 [synonym]
Subg. †Turritella (Sohlitella) Etayo-Serna 1979
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Turritella (Sohlitella) llinasi Etayo-Serna 1979
Subg. †Turritella (Tomyris) Michailovski 1912
Subg. Turritella (Zaria) Gray 1847
Turritella abbatis Kittl 1892
Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922
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Invalid names: Turritella charana Spieker 1922 [synonym], Turritella fredeai Hodson 1926 [synonym], Turritella supraconcava Hanna and Israelsky 1925 [synonym], Turritella trinitaria Maury 1925 [synonym]
Turritella adabionensis Oppenheim 1915
Turritella aegyptiaca Mayer-Eymar 1895
Turritella aequistriata Conrad 1863
Turritella affinis Muller 1849
Turritella ageri Abbass 1962
Turritella aguilerae Bose 1906
Turritella alpis Winckler 1861
Turritella alternans Roemer 1841
Turritella altilirata Grzybowski 1899
Turritella ambulacrum Sowerby 1846
Turritella anceps Woods 1922
Turritella annectens Woods 1922
Turritella antigona Maury 1930
Turritella apita de Gregorio 1890
Turritella arduissima Riedel 1933
Turritella arethusa Maury 1930
Turritella arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873
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Invalid names: Turritella acuta Briart and Cornet 1873 [synonym], Turritella kamyschinensis Netschaew 1897 [synonym]
Turritella assimilis Sowerby 1840
Turritella auricincta von Martens 1882
Turritella beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Turritella belviderei Cragin 1897
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926
Turritella bernardi Kittl 1894
Turritella bhagothorensis Vredenburg 1928
Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830
Turritella bosworthi Woods 1922
Turritella boughtoni Olsson 1928
Turritella bowenae Mansfield 1937
Turritella bramkampi Merriam and Turner 1937
Turritella brunnhilda Maury 1930
Turritella buckinghamensis Mansfield 1939
Turritella bucklandii Klipstein 1843
Turritella bunkerhillensis Harris and Palmer 1947
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
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Turritella buwaldana crooki Merriam and Turner 1937
Invalid names: Turritella kewi Dickerson 1916 [synonym]
Turritella cahuillensis Ihering 1907
Turritella caleta Olsson 1931
Turritella canaliculata Adams and Reeve 1850
Turritella candida Reeve 1849
Turritella caparonis Maury 1925
Turritella capistrata Devries 2019
Turritella carezi Fallot 1885
Turritella caribaea d'Orbigny 1842
Turritella carrisaensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Turritella ceibana Cooke 1928
Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941
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Invalid names: Nerinea robertiana Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Turritella chinhauaninae Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Turritella chira Olsson 1928
Turritella clevelandia Harris 1894
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926
Turritella conquistadorana Hanna and Israelsky 1925
Turritella conspera Adams and Reeve 1850
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Turritella jewettii Carpenter 1866 [synonym]
Turritella cooperi nova Nomland 1916
Turritella coreyi Merriam 1941
Turritella cornuatus Zinsmeister 1983
Turritella creola Harris and Palmer 1947
Turritella crocea Kiener 1844
Turritella cruzadoi DeVries 2007
Turritella cumberlandia Conrad 1863
Turritella dalli Gardner 1947
Turritella daviesi Cox 1930
Turritella dickersoni Woods 1922
Turritella diversilineata Merriam 1897
Turritella douvillei Woods 1922
Turritella durhami Allison 1955
Turritella dutexata Harris 1895
Turritella encina Squires and Saul 2006
Turritella exaltata Conrad 1841
Turritella excavata Sowerby 1890
Turritella fica Olsson 1932
Turritella filicincta Spieker 1922
Turritella forresti Brown 1913
Turritella freya Nomland 1917
Turritella fuerta Kellum 1926
Turritella fultoni Melvill 1901
Turritella gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella galvesia Olsson 1931
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Turritella gemmulifera von Koenen 1897
Turritella goldfusii Klipstein 1843
Turritella gonisotoma Valenciennes 1833
Turritella gonostoma Valenciennes 1832
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Invalid names: Turritella punctata Kiener 1843 [synonym]
Turritella gothica Grzybowski 1899
Turritella granti Valentine and Susuki 1959
Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909
Turritella halensis Dall 1916
Turritella hallii Tate 1900
Turritella hannai Nelson 1925
Turritella harborti Riedel 1933
Turritella hearni Merriam 1941
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Invalid names: Turritella tolenasensis Merriam 1941 [synonym]
Turritella heberti d'Archiac and Haime 1854
Turritella herberti d'Archiac and Haime 1853
Turritella hollandi Cossmann and Pissarro 1909
Turritella hookeri Reeve 1849
Turritella hopkinsi Olsson 1928
Turritella hubbardi Hodson 1926
Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835
Turritella hybrida Deshayes 1832
Turritella iddingsi Olsson 1928
Turritella illesca Olsson 1932
Turritella illustris Melvill 1904
Turritella imperialis Hanna 1926
Turritella inca Grzybowski 1899
Turritella indenta Conrad 1841
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857
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Turritella inezana altacorona Loel and Corey 1932
Turritella inezana bicarina Loel and Corey 1932
Turritella inezana santana Loel and Corey 1932
Turritella iota Popenoe 1937
Turritella kachhensis Vredenburg 1928
Turritella kaiseri Bohm 1926
Turritella kamerunensis von Koenen 1897
Turritella keaseyensis Hickman 1980
Turritella kernensis Addicott 1970
Turritella keswickensis Olsson 1928
Turritella kimberi Verco 1908
Turritella lahirii Cox 1930
Turritella larensis Hodson 1926
Turritella laubei Favre 1869
Turritella leptomita Melvill and Sykes 1897
Turritella lindae Petuch 1987
Turritella lineolata Roemer 1841
Turritella lissoni Woods 1922
Turritella listrota Woodring 1959
Turritella lloydsmithi Pilsbry and Brown 1917
Turritella lornensis Marwick 1926
Turritella maputi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Turritella margaritana Nomland 1917
Turritella masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
Turritella mauryana Newton 1922
Turritella medioconcava Oppenheim 1908
Turritella meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
Turritella meganosensis protumescens Merriam and Turner 1937
Turritella melanoides Lamarck 1804
Turritella merenskyi Bohm 1926
Turritella meroensis Olsson 1931
Turritella merriami Dickerson 1913
Turritella merriami brevitabulata Merriam and Turner 1937
Turritella miikensis Nagao 1928
Turritella monilifera Adams and Reeve 1850
Turritella monilifera Forbes 1846
Turritella monroensis Mansfield 1940
Turritella montereyana Wiedey 1928
Turritella montserratensis Mansfield 1925
Turritella moodyi Applin 1920
Turritella narica Vredenburg 1928
Turritella nelsoni Spieker 1922
Turritella nerinexa Harris 1895
Turritella nipponica Yokohama 1927
Turritella nodosa Roemer 1841
Turritella noetlingi Vredenburg 1921
Turritella obruta Conrad 1833
Turritella ochlockoneensis Mansfield 1930
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855
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Invalid names: Turritella bosei Hertlein and Jordan 1927 [synonym], Turritella wittichi Hertlein and Jordan 1927 [synonym]
Turritella okadai Nagao 1928
Turritella olssoni Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella olympicensis Durham 1944
Turritella opalina Adam and Reeve 1850
Turritella opalina Quenstedt 1852
Turritella oregonensis Conrad 1849
Turritella oreodoxa Olsson 1922
Turritella ossa Popenoe 1937
Turritella pachecoensis Stanton 1896
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Invalid names: Turritella saffordii Gabb 1860 [synonym], Turritella simiensis Waring 1917 [synonym]
Turritella packardi Merriam 1941
Turritella paedopsis Kittl 1892
Turritella pagodaeformis Heilprin 1887
Turritella pagodula Tate 1893
Turritella pasada Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Turritella pedroensis Applin 1920
Turritella peninsularis Anderson and Hanna 1935
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865
Turritella perduensis Mansfield 1940
Turritella perforata Lamarck 1804
Turritella petersoni Merriam 1941
Turritella pilsbryi Gardner 1928
Turritella pinfoldi Vredenburg 1921
Turritella planispira Wood 1842
Turritella polonica Schröder 1995
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Invalid names: Turritella conica Weaver 1905 [replaced]
Turritella portaroi Lisson 1925
Turritella porterensis Weaver 1912
Turritella praelonga Hislop 1859
Turritella prenuncia Spieker 1922
Turritella pseudobandongensis Vredenburg 1928
Turritella pseudohauthalli Rossi de Garcia and Levy 1977
Turritella pseudotethis Vredenburg 1928
Turritella quadrangulonodosa Klipstein 1843
Turritella quadrilira Johnson 1898
Turritella rakhiensis Eames 1952
Turritella reevei Dautzenberg and Fischer 1906
Turritella reversa Waring 1917
Turritella riverae DeVries 2007
Turritella robusta Grzybowski 1899
Turritella robusta Gabb 1864
Turritella rotundata Grzybowski 1899
Turritella rustica Uliana and Camacho 1975
Turritella sakitoensis Nagao 1928
Turritella salasi DeVries 2007
Turritella salchica Olsson 1931
Turritella salchica hondoensis Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella saltoensis Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella samanensis Olsson 1928
Turritella saposa Olsson 1944
Turritella scalata Goldfuss 1849
Turritella schencki Merriam 1941
Turritella secta Conrad 1855
Turritella segmenta Gardner 1947
Turritella sexlineata Roemer 1841
Turritella shataii Nomura 1935
Turritella sherborni Abbass 1962
Turritella soldadensis Maury 1912
Turritella soriensis Eames 1952
Turritella sowerbii Forbes 1846
Turritella steiningeri Harzhauser 2007
Turritella stephanensis Cossmann and Peyrot 1921
Turritella stocki Merriam 1941
Turritella stoppanii Winckler 1861
Turritella subcanaliculata Klipstein 1843
Turritella subcarinata Lamarck 1804
Turritella subtilis Kellum 1926
Turritella subuvasana Nelson 1925
Turritella tampae Heilprin 1887
Turritella taurinensis Michelotti 1847
Turritella tejonensis Merriam 1941
Turritella temblorensis Wiedey 1928
Turritella terebellata Lamarck 1804
Turritella terebriformis Conrad 1863
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
Turritella tipperi Vredenburg 1928
Turritella tornata Brocchi 1814
Turritella torulosa Kiener 1843
Turritella tricincta Münster 1841
Turritella tricostata Münster 1841
Turritella trilineata Smith 1817
Turritella trilira Conrad 1860
Turritella trilix Böhm 1891
Turritella turbinata Sowerby 1850
Turritella turris Basterot 1825
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
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Turritella uvasana aedificata Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella uvasana infera Merriam 1941
Turritella uvasana olequahensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
Turritella uvasana sargeanti Anderson and Hanna 1925
Turritella vaderensis Merriam 1941
Turritella vaderensis kincaidi Weaver and Palmer 1922
Turritella vanvlecki Arnold 1909
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Turritella variata Conrad 1857
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Turritella variata lorenzana Wagner and Schilling 1923
Turritella varicosta Spieker 1922
Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926
Turritella ventricosa Forbes 1846
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
Turritella vientoensis Clark and Durham 1946
Turritella vistana Hodson 1927
Turritella vitulata Adams and Reeve 1850
Turritella washingtoniana Weaver and Palmer 1922
Turritella weaveri Winkle 1918
Turritella wheatlandensis Clark and Anderson 1938
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925
Turritella xylina Squires and Saul 2006
Invalid names: Turritella susanaensis Nelson 1925 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. P. Woodring 1928Small slender, many-whorled, spire-high, whorls more or less bulging or flat. Aperture broadly ovate. Outer lop of type species flexed backward near suture, then extending backward and more gently forward, forming a broad shallow assymetric sinus. Other species have lips of different shape. Sculpture of type species consisting of heavy spiral threads between which lie very fine spiral threads. Some species have beaded spiral cords