original description
Cooper, G. A. (1981). Brachiopoda from the Southern Indian Ocean (Recent). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (43): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.43.1 [details]
basis of record
Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Generic epithet 'Pemphixina' derived from Greek 'pemphix' (='a bubble') referring to the shape of the species. [details]