Psammothidium daonense has larger valves and rhomboidal axial area on the rapheless valve.
The valves of P. chlidanos are wider and more elongate.
Psammothidium lacus-vulcani has an asymmetric central area on the raphe valve and lacks a central area on the rapheless valve.
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