ホオズキガイ

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Meanings

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noun

lamp shell; lampshell

usually written using kana alonerare term

Refers to brachiopods of the class Articulata (excluding lingulate brachiopods). A rare, specialized term in marine biology.

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Lamp shells resemble bivalves but belong to a completely different animal group.

この化か石せきはホオズキガイの一いっ種しゅと同どう定ていされた。

This fossil was identified as a species of lamp shell.