Parmulina cyathus, found in dry moss on a roof

Genus Parmulina Penard, 1902

Diagnosis: Shell in lateral view hemispherical, compressed laterally, in oral view ovoid; slit-like aperture when folded. Shell clear, flexible, chitinoid, opaque, attached debris. Pseudopods rare, bluntly lobate. Endoplasm granular. One vesicular nucleus.

Feeding: Herbivorous.

Ecology: Dry mosses (on trees and roofs).

Ferry Siemensma, created March 1, 2019; last modified April 21, 2025
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