wing-shell

== 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.