Definition of Spirula peronii

1. Noun. A small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral.

Exact synonyms: Spirula
Generic synonyms: Decapod
Group relationships: Genus Spirula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirula Peronii

Spirillum minus
Spirit
Spirit of God
Spiritism
Spiritual
Spiritual Jewel
Spirituals
Spirocerca lupi
Spirochaeta obermeieri
Spirochaeta plicatilis
Spirodela
Spirodela polyrrhiza
Spirograph
Spirometra mansoni
Spirometra mansonoides
Spirula peronii
Spirulidae
Spitfire
Spitsbergen
Spitz
Spitz nevus
Spitzbergen
Spitzenburgh
Spitzenburghs
Spitzer's theory
Spitzka's marginal tract
Spitzka's marginal zone
Spitzka's nucleus
Spivakian
Spix's spine

Literary usage of Spirula peronii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"spirula peronii, Agassiz, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., v., p. 298. 1865. ... spirula peronii, Hoyle, Cball. Ceph., p. 122. West Indian, Indo-Malayan, ..."

2. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1883)
"spirula peronii, Lam. Warm Seas, . • .48 53. spirula peronii; part of the whorl broken away, showing the septa and ..."

3. Elementary Geology by Edward Hitchcock (1862)
"spirula peronii. Oblonga. described in part, but some of the families need farther elucidation. Some of the Cephalopoda have the shell within the body, ..."

4. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"spirula peronii, Lam.,is the sole representative of the genus. These little shells are flung upon tropical beaches by the thousands; the Gulf Stream and ..."

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