Pelagodiscus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
References
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pelagodiscus | |
Pelagodiscus atlanticus |
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