ram's horn squid (Spirula spirula)

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Subject:	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.

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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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