Millionaire Shell

Japanese: millionaire shell(英語表記)millionaireshell
Millionaire Shell

...Others include the Teramachiokinaebisugai, Koshitakaokinaebisugai, and Akebonookinaebisugai. Millionaire shell is a Japanese-English term, but is now the English name. This species appeared in the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era and flourished in the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era, but declined in the Cenozoic Era, and there are only about 20 extant species.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "millionaire shell" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほかテラマチオキナエビスガイ,コシタカオキナエビスガイ,アケボノオキナエビスガイがある。millionaire shellは日本製英語であるが今は英名となっている。 この類は古生代シルル紀に現れて中生代ジュラ紀に栄えたが,新生代に入ると衰え,現生種は約20種にすぎない。…

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