Spirula

See also: spirula and spirulą

Translingual

Spirula spirula (tail-light squid)

Spirula spirula shells

Etymology

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Proper noun

Spirula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spirulidae – certain deep-water cephalopod mollusks, about 40mm long at maturity, of which a single species is extant.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda – class; Coleoidea - subclass; Decabrachia - superorder; Spirulida - order; Spirulina - suborder; Spirulidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Spirula spirula (little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid) - sole extant species

References

• Spirula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spirula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spirula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons