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FEW animals have been of more interest to zoologists than the little cuttle-fish Spirula. Related to the extinct Belemnites, and characterised by having an interior, chambered shell, it occupies an isolated position among recent species. Dead shells (see Fig. 2) are found on the sea-shores particularly of warmer seas, where they may drift ashore in great numbers, but the animal itself has hitherto ranked among the greatest zoological rarities, of which only very few museums possess a specimen.
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SCHMIDT, J. Live Specimens of Spirula. Nature 110, 788–790 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110788a0
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