HyperDic: family_spirulidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Spirulidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Spirulidae, Spirulidaecoextensive with the genus Spirula
English > family Spirulidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcoextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications.
SynonymSpirulidae
Member ofDecapoda, order Decapodasquids and cuttlefishes
Membersgenus Spirulagenus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites
Broadermollusk familyA family of mollusks
Spanishespirúlidos
Catalanespirúlids

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