WoRMS taxon details
Spirulidae Rafinesque, 1815
11721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11721)
accepted
Family
Spirula Lamarck, 1799 (type by monotypy)
- Genus Spirula Lamarck, 1799
- Genus Lituus Gray, 1847 accepted as Spirula Lamarck, 1799
- Genus Spirulea [sic] accepted as Spirula Lamarck, 1799 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Péron & Lesueur, 1807] of Spirula Lamarck, 1799)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 140; note: Original spelling: Spirularia [details]
page(s): 140; note: Original spelling: Spirularia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spirulidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11721 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 140; note: Original spelling: Spirularia [details]
basis of record Bello, G. (1996). The original descriptions of the Mediterranean Cephalopods. I: Sepioidea. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 31:179-194., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49938152
page(s): 188 [details]
page(s): 140; note: Original spelling: Spirularia [details]
basis of record Bello, G. (1996). The original descriptions of the Mediterranean Cephalopods. I: Sepioidea. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 31:179-194., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49938152
page(s): 188 [details]
Other
additional source
Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Reid, A. (2005). Family Spirulidae. pp. 211-212, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
[request]additional source Reid, A. (2005). Family Spirulidae. pp. 211-212, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
