Brachiopods are a phylum of small marine shellfish, sometimes called lampshells. They are not common today, but in the Palaeozoic they were one of the most common types. They lived near the shore (littoral zone), but now they have been pushed into deeper water by competition from bivalve molluscs.
b ɹ æ k ɪ ə p ɑ d z WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY f aɪ l ə m WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY s m ɔ l WORD_BOUNDARY m ə ɹ ɹ iː n WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ ɛ l f ɪ ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ m t aɪ m z WORD_BOUNDARY k ɔ l d WORD_BOUNDARY l æ m p ʃ ɛ l z WORD_BOUNDARY ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY n ɑ t WORD_BOUNDARY k ɑ m ə n WORD_BOUNDARY t ə d eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY b ʌ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY p æ l iː ə z oʊ ɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY k ɑ m ə n WORD_BOUNDARY t aɪ p s WORD_BOUNDARY ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY l ɪ v d WORD_BOUNDARY n ɪ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY l ɪ t ə ɹ ɹ ə l WORD_BOUNDARY z oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY b ʌ t WORD_BOUNDARY n aʊ WORD_BOUNDARY ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY h ʌ v b ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY p ʊ ʃ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n t ʊ WORD_BOUNDARY d iː p ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY w ɔ t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY k ɑ m p ə t ɪ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ v æ l v WORD_BOUNDARY m ɑ l ʌ s k s WORD_BOUNDARY