Compare Tursiocola bondei
Tursiocola guyanensis is much smaller, has narrow-elliptic to acicular apices, a wide rectangular to bowtie-shaped stauros, and only occurs on sea turtles.
Tursiocola varicopulifera valves have acute to subacute apices and double undulating rows of linear pores on the valvocopula.
LM scalebar = 10 µm
Length Range
15-34 µm
15-34 µm
Width Range
2.6-3.9 µm
2.6-3.9 µm
Striae in 10 µm
22-28
22-28
Length Range
31-57 µm
31-57 µm
Width Range
2.9-4.7 µm
2.9-4.7 µm
Striae in 10 µm
25-28
25-28
