Turris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.

[2] (Description by Charles Hedley) The shell is large, with a tall slender spire.

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 tentacles are cylindrical, with the eyes externally near their base The teeth of the toxoglossan radula are falciform and angulated (formula 1-0-1).