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Webster 1913 Edition


Turrilite

Tur′ri-lite

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Noun.
[L.
turris
tower + Gr. [GREEK] stone: cf. F.
turrilite
.]
(Paleon.)
Any fossil ammonite of the genus
Turrilites
. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.

Webster 1828 Edition


Turrilite

TUR'RILITE

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Noun.
The fossil remains of a spiral multilocular shell.