Spirula spirula (Linneo, 1758)

SYNONYMS:
Lituus laevis Gray, 1849
Nautilus spirula Linnaeus, 1758
Spirula australis Lamarck, 1816 
Spirula blakei Lönnberg, 1896
Spirula fragilis Lamarck, 1801
Spirula peroni Lamarck, 1822
Spirula peronii Lamarck, 1822
Spirula prototypus Péron, 1804
Spirula reticulata Owen, 1848
Spirulea prototypos Péron, 1807

TYPE MATERIAL:
Linnean Society of London. N. P-Z 0010779  (http://linnean-online.org/17140/).

TYPE LOCALITY:
“America”.

DISTRIBUTION:
Worldwide.

REMARKS:
Doubtful presence in the Mediterranean Sea.

LITERATURE:
–Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.