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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Vaginicolidae

 Thuricola folliculata
(O. F. Müller, 1786), Fromentel-Kent

Thuricola Genus: Lorica attached aborally (no stalk); valve closes obliquely as body retracts (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 160-200 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Pyxicola; Vaginicola; Cothurnia; Platycola

Thuricola folliculata (O. F. Müller, 1786), Fromentel-Kent, cell body 300 μm long, μm wide, on a short stalk, lorica 205 μm long, 42 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, near Michi-no-Oasis, Dai, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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