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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 180-210 μm long, 16 μm wide, attached on a short stalk, x 400, x 640, Zenko-ji (temple), Nagano city, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 2003, by Y. Tsukii
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Thuricola folliculata Thuricola folliculata
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Thuricola folliculata Thuricola folliculata

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