Palæont. [ad. mod.L. Turrilitēs (Lamarck, 1801), f. L. turris tower + Gr. λίθος stone: see -LITE.] A fossil cephalopod belonging or related to the genus Turrilites, allied to the ammonites, but having a long spiral (turreted) shell, found in the Cretaceous formations.
1828. Webster, Turrilite, the fossil remains of a spiral multilocular shell.
1842. H. Miller, O. R. Sandst., viii. (ed. 2), 187. The … turrilites and sea-urchins of the Cretaceous group.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc., Gloss., Turrilite, an extinct genus of chambered shells, resembling an Ammonite wound into a turbinated form.
Hence Turriliticone [CONE sb.1], a fossil shell resembling and allied to the turrilites, found in the Upper Cretaceous formations (Cent. Dict. Suppl., 1909).
