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Turris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Turris, tower in Latin, may refer to:
- Turris, a genus of sea snails
- History of F.C. Turris 1944 A.S.D., the history of a former Italian football club
- Kyle Turris (born 1989), a Canadian ice hockey player
Usage examples of "turris".
Quidam ante portam oppidi Gallus per manus sebi ac picis traditas glebas in ignem e regione turris proiciebat: scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit.
Turris Ordinis or Turris Ardens by the Romans, and Nemtor or Nemthur by the Armorican Britons.
Romans called Turris Ordinis, and the Gaulish Celts called Nemtor, which once stood on the lofty plateau, but is no longer in existence.
Turris Ordens, Turris Ardens, or Turris Ordinis by the Romans, and Neamthur by the Gauls, spread its light over land and sea on the north-eastern cliffs of Boulogne.
It was only a hamlet, but it boasted the distinguished name of Turris Severi, after a local landmark, the stone tower erected by the Emperor Severus, more than two centuries before, to commemorate his victory over the outlander tribes called Quadi and Marcomanni.
The Subura was an area composed entirely of insulae, and contained only one prominent landmark, the Turris Mamilia, apparently some kind of tower.