Geol. [ad. mod.L. Lituītes, f. lituus: see LITUUS; so called from its shape.] A fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Lituites.
1828–32. in Webster.
1837. Buckland, Geol. & Min., I. 365. Lituite. Together with the Orthoceratite,… there occurs a cognate genus of chambered shells, called Lituites.
1859. in Page, Handbk. Geol. Terms.
