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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirula Peronii
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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