wing-shell
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English
Noun
wing-shell (plural wing-shells)
- 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.
- Any marine gastropod shell formerly in the genus Strombus, with species now assigned to several genera, principally in the family Strombidae.
- (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.
