| Citation | Carpenter, K.E. and V.H. Niem, 1998 FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. Pp. 687-1396. |
| Ref. | 346 Carpenter, K.E. and V.H. Niem, 1998 |
| Page | 722 |
| Named Used as Valid | Spirula spirula |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Circumtropical and circumsubtropical waters with a temperature of 10°C or more at a depth of 400 m. |