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Compare Fallacia latelongitudinalis

(R.M.Patrick) Potapova 2013

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Fallacia latelongitudinalis differs from F. ecuadoriana by apical openings between conopeum and valve margin. Sellaphora wallacei has more narrow valves with drawn-out apices and it lacks a conopeum.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
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Length Range
22-32 µm
Width Range
4.6-5.6 µm
Striae in 10 µm
45-50

Sellaphora wallacei

(Reimer) Potapova and Ponader 2008

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Length Range
16-26 µm
Width Range
4.1-4.7 µm
Striae in 10 µm
40-48

Also compare to

Fallacia ecuadoriana

Lange-Bert. and Rumrich in Rumrich et al.

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