Pelagodiscus Dall 1908 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Parent taxon: Disciniidae according to C. H. C. Brunton and N. Hiller 1990

See also Hertlein and Grant IV 1944

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pelagodiscus atlanticus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hondeklip (50m Unit) (Miocene of South Africa)

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