Pelagodiscus

{{Short description|Genus of brachiopods}}

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| genus = Pelagodiscus

| parent_authority = Dall, 1908

| species = atlanticus

| authority = (King, 1868)

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Pelagodiscus is a monospecific genus of discinid brachiopods. Silica tablets leave a distinctive tesselating imprint on the inner surface of its shell.{{cite journal|pmid=9516107|year=1998|last1=Williams|first1=A|title=Siliceous tablets in the larval shells of apatitic discinid brachiopods|journal=Science|volume=279|issue=5359|pages=2094–6|last2=Cusack|first2=M|last3=Buckman|first3=J. O.|last4=Stachel|first4=T|doi=10.1126/science.279.5359.2094 |bibcode=1998Sci...279.2094W }}

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Category:Monotypic brachiopod genera

Category:Discinida

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