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Compare Tetracyclus emarginatus

(Ehrenb.) W.Smith 1856

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Tetracyclus glans has a central inflation that lacks notches and the valve apices are pointed.

Tetracyclus cruciformis has a central inflation that lacks notches and the valve apices are capitate to prominently wedge-shaped.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
Tetracyclus emarginatus LM4 Tetracyclus emarginatus LM3 Tetracyclus emarginatus LM6 Tetracyclus emarginatus LM5 Tetracyclus emarginatus LM2 Tetracyclus emarginatus LM1
Length Range
18.8-37.3 µm
Width Range
13.1-19.4 µm
Striae in 10 µm
18-24

Tetracyclus glans

(Ehrenberg) Mills 1935

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Length Range
19.4-37.5 µm
Width Range
13-21 µm
Striae in 10 µm
21-23

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Tetracyclus cruciformis

G.W.Andrews 1970

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