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Guide to Diploneis bombus

(Ehrenb.) Ehrenb. 1853

Diploneis bombus guide
  1. Valves markedly constricted
  2. Striae uniseriate
  3. Stria composed of three coarse areolae
  4. Single row of canal pores

Valves are distinctly constricted in the center. Striae are uniseriate. In the widest part of the valve, each stria consists of three coarse areolae. A single row of pores is present along the longitudinal canal.