Pelagodiscus

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Pelagodiscus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Order: Discinida
Family: Discinidae
Genus: Pelagodiscus
Dall, 1908
Species:
P. atlanticus
Binomial name
Pelagodiscus atlanticus
(King, 1868)

Pelagodiscus is a monospecific genus of discinid brachiopods. Silica tablets leave a distinctive tesselating imprint on the inner surface of its shell.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ 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. PMID 9516107.
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