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Taxonomy
Family:
SPIRULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Spirulida (Order)
> Spirulidae (Family)
> Spirula (Genus)
> spirula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lituus Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Spirula australis Lamarck, 1816
=Spirula peronii Lamarck, 1822
=Spirula prototypus Péron, 1804
=Spirula reticulata Owen, 1848
=Spirulea prototypos Péron, 1807
Images: Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Washed up on Tokerau Beach, Northland, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Washed up on Tokerau Beach, Northland, NZ. 21mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
SPIRULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Spirulida (Order)
> Spirulidae (Family)
> Spirula (Genus)
> spirula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lituus Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Spirula australis Lamarck, 1816
=Spirula peronii Lamarck, 1822
=Spirula prototypus Péron, 1804
=Spirula reticulata Owen, 1848
=Spirulea prototypos Péron, 1807
Details: Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Length 24mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Rams Horn, Marine
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References and Publications
  • Eagle, M.K. Oct/2013 The small, enigmatic Cephalopod Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decabrachia, Suborder Spirulina) from the Tasman Sea, Poirieria, 37 (p.13)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.439)
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758 Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae, 1 (p.710) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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