Cymbopleura incerta has lanceolate and distinctly dorsiventral valves with a narrower axial area. Cymbopleura incertiformis has linear elliptic-lanceolate valves and a narrower axial area.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
Length Range
30-61 µm
Width Range
7.6-10.3 µm
Striae in 10 µm
15-17 at the valve center, 18-21 at the ends
Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM3
Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM4
Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM5
Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM1
Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM2
Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM3 Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM4 Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM5 Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM1 Cymbopleura metzeltinii LM2

Cymbopleura incerta

(Grunow) Krammer 2003

Length Range
31-58 µm
Width Range
7.3-10.2 µm
Striae in 10 µm
15-16 at the valve center, 18-20 near the apices
Cymboincerta2 Cymboincerta3 Cymboincerta5 Cymboincerta6 Cymboincerta7

Also compare to

Cymbopleura incertiformis

Krammer 2003