turritellid
English edit
Noun edit
turritellid (plural turritellids)
- (zoology) Any member of the family Turritellidae of sea snails.
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 77:
- Littered with the unicorn horns of turritellid sea snails […] , the shingle has been turned into an exceptionally crowded breeding ground.