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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
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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 incerta

(Grunow) Krammer 2003

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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

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Cymbopleura incertiformis

Krammer 2003

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