Hi, I'm Andrew and I’m just a simple zoology student and crustacean researcher from Ohio. This blog centers around animal IDs so feel free to send me any unknown species (and its location) that you have and I will take my best shot at IDing it! I also occasionally post random zoology/animal factoid things.
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Northern Lamp Shell (Terebratulina septentrionalis)
…is a species of brachiopod native to the cold waters of the Northern Atlantic. Brachiopods while they may look like bivalves are actually a phylum of unique animals that date back to the Cambrian period. Like bivalves they are filter feeders but use a lophophore to take in food, instead of a siphon. Northern lamp shells range in color from yellow to grey to reddish brown and are often found attached to rocks, algae and tube worms.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Brachiopoda-Articulata-Terebratulida-Terebratulidina-Cancellothyridacea-Cancellothyrididae-Terebratulina-septentrionalis
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