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[Tasmanian Sea Shells] Spirula spirula - Ram's Horn Shell
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[Tasmanian Sea Shells] Spirula spirula - Ram's Horn Shell
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[Tasmanian Sea
Shell
s]
Spirula spirula
-
Ram's Horn Shell
From: "Typhoon'sEye" < typhoon_eye@hotmail.com >
Newsgroups: han.binaries.photo
Subject:
Shell
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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
.
Comments
Guest
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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