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Compare Diploneis puella

(Schumann) Cleve 1894

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Diploneis puellafallax is biseriate, but the valves are larger and the central area is elliptic. Diploneis modicahassiaca is small, but differs in its length–to–breadth ratio (2.4–2.7) and finer stria density. Furthermore, to date D. modicahassiaca is known only from Germany.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
Diploneis puella LM4 Diploneis puella LM5 Diploneis puella LM3 Diploneis puella LM2 Diploneis puella LM6 Diploneis puella LM1
Length Range
10-12 µm
Width Range
6-7 µm
Striae in 10 µm
14-15

Diploneis puellafallax

Lange-Bert. and Fuhrmann 2016

Diploneis puellafallax LM2 Diploneis Puellafallax Lm4 Diploneis puellafallax LM1
Length Range
20–22 µm
Width Range
11-13 µm
Striae in 10 µm
12-14

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Diploneis modicahassiaca

Lange-Bert. and Fuhrmann