What is another word for lamp shell?
Pronunciation: [lˈamp ʃˈɛl] (IPA) 
Lamp shell is a common name for a group of marine animals with bivalve shells. These creatures are also known as brachiopods, which comes from the Greek words meaning "arm-foot." This is because their shells are hinged and supported by an internal skeletal structure consisting of two arms or "brachia." There are many other synonyms for lamp shell, including terebratulids, rhynchonellids, and lingulids. These names are based on different characteristics of the animals, such as the shape of their shells or the structure of their brachia. Lamp shells have been around for over 500 million years, and are still present in oceans all over the world today.
