Ram's horn squid, Spirula spirula, is a small deep-water, squid-like cephalopod mollusk, the only living member of its genus, family (Spirulidae) and order (Spirulida). Its common name refers to the shape of its small, coiled, chambered internal shell, which it uses to control buoyancy, and because the living animal bears a light-producing organ it is sometimes also called the tail-light squid.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Ram's Horn Squid
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Madagascar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Morocco, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Papua New Guinea, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Spirula
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Live specimens of this cephalopod are very rarely seen because it is a deep-ocean dweller.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source2. Wikidata: Ram's Horn Squid
Wikidata- Wikidata Q1509955, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q1509955 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Spirulida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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