lamp shell in English

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a marine invertebrate that superficially resembles a bivalve mollusk but has two or more arms of ciliated tentacles (lophophores) that are extended for filter feeding. Lamp shells are common as fossils.
Brachiopods - lampshells - for instance, have remained virtually unchanged since they first appeared in the Cambrian Period, more than 500 million years ago.
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1. Brachiopod or lamp shell any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda

2. Brachiopod or lamp shell any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda

3. Brachiopoda Name Homonyms Brachiopoda Common names Armfødder in Danish bivalve coelomates in English brachiopodes in French braquiópode in Portuguese lamp shell in English lamp shell in English lamp shells in English armfotingar in Swedish armfotingar in Nynorsk, Norwegian Armfüßer in German Armfüßer in German

4. Brachiopoda - marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks phylum Brachiopoda animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals Brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell - marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide phylum

5. Brachiopoda - marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks phylum Brachiopoda animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell - marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide phylum