Nature Field Guide
Turret Shell
- Spanish name
- Caracol torre
- Scientific name
- Turritellidae — provisional
What Do Pico & Tati Think?
Species overview
About the Turret Shell
These slender shells resemble miniature towers. Their spiral turns are called whorls. Turret-shell snails generally live on or partly buried in soft seafloor sediment and filter tiny food particles from the water.
Observation activity
Sketch a shell where it lies. Count its visible whorls and compare its ridges and colors with another shell.