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Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)

141548  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141548)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Spirulida (Order)
  8. Spiruloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Spirulidae (Family)
  10. Spirula (Genus)
  11. Spirula spirula (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 710 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141548 on 2025-09-17
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141548 on 2025-09-17
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-04-07 06:42:23Z
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Vandepitte, Leen
2008-08-21 17:03:20Z
checked
Gofas, Serge
2016-02-05 08:54:36Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2016-06-02 22:13:13Z
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Finn, Julian

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 710 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] 

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 

additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 179 [details] 

additional source Hayward, B. W. (1976). Spirula (Sepioidea:Cephalopoda) from the lower Miocene of Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand (note. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 19, 145-147.
note: fossil record from early Miocene [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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.
page(s): 211 [details] 

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1926). <i>Spirula spirula</i> (Linne). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 39(4): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524776 [details] 

additional source McGinty, T. L. (1955). <i>Spirula spirula</i> Linné, a remarkable find. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(1): 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525198 [details] 

additional source Thomas, R. F. & Bingham, F. O. (1972). Shell structure in <i>Spirula spirula</i> (Cephalopoda). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 86(2-4): 63-66, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511576 [details] 

status source Hoffmann, R.; Weinkauf, M. F. G.; Fuchs, D.; Lukeneder, A. (2021). Is there more than one species in the genus <i>Spirula</i>(Cephalopoda: Decabrachia): evidence for an Atlantic–Pacific divide. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 87(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab001 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirula spirula) 
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 47 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, Maluku, Pulau Boo Kecil, beached in high tide line, collected 2000-04-18 .) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, Maluku, Pulau Boo Kecil, beached in high tide line, collected 2000-04-18 .) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Oliva Beach, beached, collected December 1997, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Gran Canaria, Playa de las Burras, beached, collected May 2003, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Costa Teguise, Playa de las Cucharas, beached, collected December 1995, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Spirula spirula (Linnaeus,1758) Morocco, Guelmim-Es Smara, Port De Laâyoune) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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