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ram's horn squid (Spirula spirula)
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ram's horn squid (Spirula spirula)
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ram's horn squid
(
Spirula spirula
)
Illustration of
Spirula spirula
.
Date 7 August 2013, 14:49:49
Author Rachel Caauwe https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rcaauwe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
Spirula_spirula
_illustration.jpg
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
.
Comments
Guest
Scientific Name: Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names: Ram's Horn Squid, Little Post Horn Squid, Tail-light Squid; [French] Spirule; [Spanish] Espírula
Synonyms: Nautilus spirula Linnaeus, 1758
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