Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Cephalopoda: Spirulida: : Spirulidae

Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

Nautilus spirula Linnaeus, 1758
Spirula fragilis Lamarck, 1801
Spirula prototypus Péron, 1804
Spirula peronii Lamarck, 1822

Details

Nautilus spirula Linnaeus, 1758, p. 710, [Figures of several earlier authors cited]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: America

Spirula fragilis Lamarck, 1801, p. 102, [Argenville pl. 5, fig. G; Rumpius Mus. pl. 20, fig. 1; Martini I, pl. 20, figs. 184-185]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Spirula peronii Lamarck, 1822,
[Synonym]

Spirula prototypus Péron, 1804,
[Synonym]
Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba
References: Arango (1880)

Partial List of References

Lamarck, J. B. 1801. Systême des Animaux sans Vertèbres viii + 432 pp. Paris.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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