Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large,
with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 70-150 μm long; 50-130 μm diam.; test like D. lobostoma but of clear tubercules with imbedded quartz granules; pseudostome polygonal, not lobed, 20-50 μm diam., on short collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Difflugia (tuberculata ?) , x 400, by Y. Tsukii
Difflugia tuberculata ?, x 400, x 640, December 1998 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
D. lobostoma Leidy, 1879: Test ovoid to subspherical; aperture terminal; with three to six lobes; 80-120 μm diam. (Kudo, 1966).