wing-shell

English

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Noun

wing-shell (plural wing-shells)

1. Any of various species of marine bivalve shells formerly belonging to the genus Avicula (no longer accepted), now a synonym of Pteria, with species assigned to several genera, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
2. Any marine gastropod shell formerly in the genus Strombus, with species now assigned to several genera, principally in the family Strombidae.
3. (archaic) Any pteropod shell.

Further reading

• Pteria (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pteria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Avicula at World Register of Marine Species
• Strombus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Strombus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Strombus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• wing-shell at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• wing-shell at World Register of Marine Species
• “wing-shell”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “wing-shell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.