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brachiopoda duméril, subphyla and classes see classification brachiopoda (from latin bracchium, arm + new latin -poda, foot) is a major invertebrate phylum, whose members, the brachiopods or lamp shells, are sessile, two-shelled, marine animals with an external morphology resembling bivalves (that is, "clams
than one millimeter across, and a few gigantic forms measuring up to cm ( inches) in width have been found. some fossil forms exhibit elaborate flanges and spines. the brachiopod genus lingula has the distinction of being the oldest, relatively unchanged animal known. modern brachiopods generally live...
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