turris
Turris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, commonly known as turrids. Members of the genus are predatory and many species produce venom delivered by a specialized radula. Turris comprises numerous described species distributed in various marine environments.
Shells of Turris snails are typically elongated and turreted, often with a high spire and many whorls.
Geographic distribution is broad in warm seas, with many species in the Indo-Pacific. They inhabit sandy and
Taxonomy and fossil record: Turris has a long fossil history dating to the Cretaceous. The genus has
Other uses: The name Turris is also used for a line of open-source network routers developed by