turriliten.
/ˈtʌrɪlʌɪt/ Palaeontology.
A fossil cephalopod belonging or related to the genus Turrilites, allied to the ammonites, but having a long spiral (turreted) shell, found in the Cretaceous formations.
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turrilite1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Turrilite, the fossil remains of a spiral multilocular shell.
1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) viii. 187 The..turrilites and sea-urchins of the Cretaceous group.
1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. Gloss. Turrilite, an extinct genus of chambered shells, resembling an Ammonite wound into a turbinated form.
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turriliticone n. /tʌrɪˈlɪtɪkəʊn/ [cone n.1] a fossil shell resembling and allied to the turrilites, found in the Upper Cretaceous formations ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).
/tʌrɪˈlɪtɪkəʊn/ [cone n.1] a fossil shell resembling and allied to the turrilites, found in the Upper Cretaceous formations ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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