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Shell Life 



adult examples measure about 2 feet in length. 

 The body is cylindrical, tapering to a blunt point 

 behind, and furnished with two laro^e triancrular fins 

 which are united behind. The arms bear two 



Common Squid 



irregular rows of suckers ; the expanded tips of the 

 tentacles have four rows. The fourth left arm of 

 the male has the tip hectocotylised. When freshly 

 extracted from the mantle — where it lies without 

 muscular attachment— the long pen (15 to 18 inches) 



