a. [f. L. turrīt-us towered (f. turris tower) + -ED.] = TURRETED 2; spec. of a shell, having a long spire resembling a tower or turret: = TURRETED 2 b. Also Turrite a.
1758. Swinton, in Phil. Trans., L. 794. All these coins present … a turrited head and a branch of palm.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. ix. 276. The shells of some [Trachelipods] are what are called turrited or long and slender, with spiral whorls.
1856. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 798. Pyramidella…. Shell turrite.
1863. P. P. Carpenter, in Rep. Brit. Assoc., I. 662. ‘Columbella’ carinata.… Small, turrited, smooth, with stout posterior keel.
