Bullinularia indica, 173 µm, with c. 30 pores
Bullinularia indica (Penard, 1907) Deflandre, 1953
Basionym: Bulinella indica Penard, 1907
Diagnosis. Shell dark brown, opaque, elliptical in oral view, with attached siliceous particles; ventral surface flattened and smooth; hemispherical in lateral view. Aperture a long, curving slit; ventral lip prolonged; dorsal lip bearing small or larger pores. Nucleus vesicular.
Dimensions: Penard (1907): 170–200 µm; my measurements: 146–173 µm.
Ecology: Dry mosses, Sphagnum, soil; herbivorous.
Bullinularia indica, with three pores visible (arrows) and the elongated 8-shaped pseudostome – Tirol, Austria
Bullinularia indica, 146 µm
Bullinularia indica, lateral view
Bullinularia indica, – SEM from Ogden & Hedley, 1980