page_title: Turritella communis
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Turritella communis / References
caption_attribution_description: Turritella communis Risso, 1826; adult fossil specimen from a deep borehole in the Netherlands; Maassluis Formation, Age: Early Pleistocene (Tiglian/Pretiglian)
context_page_description: Turritella communis, common name the "common tower shell" is a species of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
context_section_description: Yonge, C.M. (1946). "On the habits of Turritella communis" (PDF). Journ. Mar. Biol. Ass. XXVI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.
  P.J. Hayward, J.S. Ryland (1996). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 524. ISBN 0-19-854055-8.
  Michelle Carter 2008. Turritella communis. An auger shell. Marine Life Information Network
caption: A fossil T. communis from a deep borehole in the Netherlands
exif: {}