 
 
Oligohymenophorea: 
Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae
Pyxicola annulata
Leidy 1882
|  Genus: Lorica attached aborally by stalk; operculum attached just behind peristomal border 
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).  
Body attached posteriorly to a lorica; a discoidal corneous operculum developed beneath 
border of peristome (Kudo, 1966). Species:
 | 
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; 
		Vaginicola; 
		Cothurnia; 
		Platycola
Pyxicola annulata Leidy, 
lorica 80 μm long, 31 μm wide, stalk 35 μm long, 
x 640, Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
Pyxicola annulata Leidy, 
lorica 90 μm long, 30 μm wide, stalk 23 μm long, 
x 640, Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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