Turritellidae

Turritellidae
A shell of a Turritella species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Lovén, 1847
Genera

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Diversity
26 extant genera

143 extant species

Synonyms
  • Archimediellidae Starobogatov, 1982
  • Zariinae Gray, 1850

Turritellidae, with the common name "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a taxonomic family of small- to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the Sorbeoconcha clade.

They are filter feeders; this method of feeding is somewhat unusual among gastropod mollusks, but is very common in bivalves.