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Hemithiris psittacea (Gmelin, 1791)
The brachiopods are commonly known as Lamp shells.Lamp shells has a dorsal and ventral shell.Their feeding organ are the ciliated lophophores.
Hemithiris psittacea has a cold-water circum-polar distribution; found in the North Sea around the Shetlands and Orkneys.The colour varies from dark bluish to a variety of shades of grey and brown.
Synonymised names:
Anomia psittacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Rhynchonella psittacea (Gmelin, 1791)
The brachiopods are commonly known as Lamp shells.Lamp shells has a dorsal and ventral shell.Their feeding organ are the ciliated lophophores.
Hemithiris psittacea has a cold-water circum-polar distribution; found in the North Sea around the Shetlands and Orkneys.The colour varies from dark bluish to a variety of shades of grey and brown.
Synonymised names:
Anomia psittacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Rhynchonella psittacea (Gmelin, 1791)