What does «braquiópodos» mean in Spanish?
- Marine animals resembling lamellibranch mollusks, with tentacles around the mouth. Brachiopods, of the phylum Brachiopoda, are a group of lophotrochozoan animals that have hard valves (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, as opposed to the left and right arrangement in bivalve mollusks. Brachiopod shells are hinged at the rear, while the front can be opened for feeding or closed for protection.