Northern Lamp Shell (Terebratulina septentrionalis)
Northern Lamp Shell (Terebratulina septentrionalis)
Common name: northern lamp shell
Scientific name: Terebratulina septentrionalis
Locations: on intertidal rocks, crevices, and caves
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: white, yellow-white
Size: 1 ¼”
Collected: by hand
Quantity: sold by the each
Tidepool Tim says, “Lamp shells got their name because they look like a Roman lamp! At first glance, these creatures appear to be molluscs. In fact, the Northern lamp shell and other brachiopods are connected dorsally and ventrally - not laterally like molluscs.”