Usually means: Mollusk with distinct wing-like projections.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (wing-shell)

noun:  Any of various species of marine bivalve shells formerly belonging to the no longer accepted genus Avicula, now a synonym of Pteria, with species assigned to several genera, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
noun:  Any marine gastropod shell formerly in the genus Strombus, with species now assigned to several genera, principally in the family Strombidae.
noun:  (archaic) Any pteropod shell.

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