Turris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
The generally large shells are variegated with spots. The fusiform shell is turriculated with a long, sharp spire. The aperture is ovate. The columellar lip is smooth. The outer lip is separated with a narrow profound sinus from the suture rather than distantly. The siphonal canal is long and narrow, straight and open.
(Description by Charles Hedley) The shell is large, with a tall slender spire. The outer lip is sharp, without fold or thickening. The siphonal notch is a deep slit with parallel sides following a walled-in fasciole. Within the body whorl are sharp raised revolving threads, a feature shared by related genera. The protoconch consists of two smooth rounded whorls. The operculum is unguiculate, with an apical nucleus.
The foot of the animal is anteriorly truncated but obtuse posteriorly. The tentacles are cylindrical, with the eyes externally near their base The teeth of the toxoglossan radula are falciform and angulated (formula 1-0-1).
This genus inhabits warm seas.
Species within the genus Turris include:
Species brought into synonymy
Turris abbreviata (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Lophiotoma abbreviata (Reeve, 1843)
- Turris abyssorum (Locard, 1897): synonym of Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897)
Turris ankaramanyensis Bozzetti, 2006: synonym of Turris tanyspira Kilburn, 1975
Turris armilda Dall, 1908 : synonym of Fusiturricula armilda (Dall, 1908)
Turris assyria Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010: synonym of Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turris cincta: synonym of Turridrupa cincta (Lamarck, 1822)
Turris cingulifera: synonym of Iotyrris cingulifera (Lamarck, 1822)
Turris clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875): synonym of Drillia clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875)
Turris cosmoi Sykes, 1930 : synonym of Gemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930)
Turris diaulax Dall, 1908: synonym of Rhodopetoma diaulax (Dall, 1908)
Turris dollyae Olivera, 1999: synonym of Turris crispa (Lamarck, 1816)
Turris diaulax Dall, 1908 : synonym of Antiplanes diaulax (Dall, 1908)
Turris formosissima Smith E. A., 1915 : synonym of Polystira formosissima (Smith E. A., 1915)
Turris fusinella Dall, 1908: synonym of Fusiturricula fusinella (Dall, 1908)
Turris husamaru Nomura, 1940 : synonym of Gemmula husamaru (Nomura, 1940)
Turris imperfecti Röding, 1798: synonym of Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turris indica Röding, 1798 : synonym of Lophioturris indica (Deshayes, 1833)
Turris integra (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Crassispira integra Thiele, 1925
Turris joubini (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906): synonym of Corinnaeturris leucomata (Dall, 1881)
Turris kilburni Vera-Pelaez et al., 2000: synonym of Turris pagasa Olivera, 2000
Turris macella Melvill, 1923 : synonym of Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923)
Turris monilifera Pease, 1860 : synonym of Gemmula monilifera (Pease, 1860)
Turris munizi Vera-Pelaez et al., 2000: synonym of Gemmula lululimi Olivera, 2000
Turris nexilis Hutton, 1885: synonym of Taranis nexilis (Hutton, 1885)
Turris nobilis Röding, 1798: synonym of Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turris orthopleura Kilburn, 1983: synonym of Makiyamaia orthopleura (Kilburn, 1983)
Turris pluteata Reeve: synonym of Fusiturris pluteata (Reeve, 1843)
Turris pseudogranosa Nomura, 1940 : synonym of Gemmula pseudogranosa (Nomura, 1940)
Turris pulchra Röding, 1798: synonym of Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turris resina Dall, 1908 : synonym of Hindsiclava resina (Dall, 1908)
Turris rugitecta Dall, 1918 : synonym of Crassispira rugitecta (Dall, 1918)
Turris ruthveniana Melvill, 1923 : synonym of Lophiotoma ruthveniana (Melvill, 1923)
Turris saldanhae Barnard, 1958 : synonym of Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958)
Turris taxea Röding, 1798 : synonym of Clavatula taxea (Röding, 1798)
Turris tigrina Lamarck: synonym of Lophiotoma indica (Röding, 1798)
Turris tornatum Röding, 1798: synonym of Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turris torta Dautzenberg: synonym of Fusiturris torta (Dautzenberg, 1912)
Turris totiphyllis Oliverio, 1999: synonym of Turris hidalgoi Vera-Pelaez, Vega-Luz & Lozano-Francisco, 2000
Turris undatiruga Bivona : synonym of Fusiturris undatiruga (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Turris violacea: synonym of Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850)
