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This operculum can retract deeply into the shell when the creature withdraws.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese filter-feeding mollusks burrow into sandy seabeds and subsist on dust-like detritus particles descending to the ocean floor. In contrast to the terebra mollusk, turritellas do not possess the venomous dart mechanism required for a carnivorous lifestyle. Instead, many turritellas utilize their gills to sift fine food particles, similar to how clams feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"\u003eScientific classification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDomain: Eukaryota\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKingdom: Animalia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhylum: Mollusca\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClass: Gastropoda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubclass: Caenogastropoda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuperfamily: Cerithioidea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily: Turritellidae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenus: Turritella\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLamarck, 1799\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(REF: Shiladri S. Das; Sandip Saha; Subhendu Bardhan; Sumanta Mallick; Warren D. Allmon (2018). \"The oldest turritelline gastropods: from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) of Kutch, India\". Journal of Paleontology. 92)(REF: Lamarck J.-B. (1799). Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris, 74)(REF: Vos, C.; Gofas, S. (2013). 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