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title: "California Turret Spider"
description: "Atypoides riversi — Owady i pająki. Atypoides riversi, known as turret spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the family Antrodiaetidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/california-turret-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# California Turret Spider

> Atypoides riversi — Owady i pająki. Atypoides riversi, known as turret spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the family Antrodiaetidae.

- Scientific name: *Atypoides riversi*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3254
- Wikidata: [Q63981494](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63981494)
- iNaturalist taxon: [989847](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/989847)

## Names

- en: California Turret Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (2805)

## Summary

Atypoides riversi, known as turret spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the family Antrodiaetidae. It is a medium-sized spider native to Northern California that constructs a burrow with a turret made of soil, vegetation and silk.  This spider's length is 13 to 18 millimetres (0.51 to 0.71 in) long, though females are larger than males.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atypoides_riversi

## Photo

![California Turret Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-turret-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: evn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193556874

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/california-turret-spider?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).