Pelagodiscus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Linguliformea
Classis: Lingulata
Ordo: Lingulida
Superfamilia: Discinoidea

Familia: Discinidae
Genus: Pelagodiscus

Species: P. atlanticus
Name

Pelagodiscus Dall, 1908

Type species: Discina atlantica King, 1868 = Pelagodiscus atlanticus (King, 1868)

References
Primary references

Dall W.H. 1908. Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43(6): 205–487, pls 1–22. BHL Reference page. : 440

Links

Pelagodiscus in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2020-11-05

Vernacular names
中文: 深海盘壳贝属

Pelagodiscus is a monospecific genus of discinid brachiopods. Silica tablets leave a distinctive tesselating imprint on the inner surface of its shell.[1]
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. PMID 9516107.