Pelagodiscus is a monospecific genus of discinid brachiopods. Silica tablets leave a distinctive tesselating imprint on the inner surface of its shell.[1]
| Pelagodiscus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Order: | Discinida |
| Family: | Discinidae |
| Genus: | Pelagodiscus Dall, 1908 |
| Species: | P. atlanticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelagodiscus atlanticus (King, 1868)
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References
edit- ^ Williams, A; Cusack, M; Buckman, J. O.; Stachel, T (1998). "Siliceous tablets in the larval shells of apatitic discinid brachiopods". Science. 279 (5359): 2094–6. Bibcode:1998Sci...279.2094W. doi:10.1126/science.279.5359.2094. PMID 9516107.
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