[Tasmanian Sea Shells] Spirula spirula

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[Tasmanian Sea Shells] Spirula spirula - Ram's Horn Shell

Subject:	[Tasmanian Sea Shells] Spirula spirula - Ram's Horn Shell

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From: "Typhoon'sEye" < typhoon_eye@hotmail.com >
Newsgroups: han.binaries.photo
Subject: Shell - Spirula_spirula.jpg
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 03:52:21 +0900

The ram's horn squid, little post horn squid or tail-light squid (Spirula spirula) is a species of deep-water squid-like cephalopod mollusk. It is a deep-ocean dweller. The shell of Spirula is extremely light in weight, very buoyant, and surprisingly durable; it very commonly floats ashore onto tropical beaches all over the world. This seashell is known to shell collectors as the ram's horn shell or simply as Spirula.

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Scientific Name: Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names: Ram's Horn Squid, Ram's Horn Shell, Little Post Horn Squid, Tail-light Squid; [French] Spirule; [Spanish] Espírula Synonyms: Nautilus spirula Linnaeus, 1758

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