Physochila griseola
Physochila griseola, 78 µm long – Loosdrecht

Physochila griseola (Penard, 1911) Jung, 1942

Diagnosis: shell pyriform or ovoid, slightly compressed, mainly of oval or polygonal plates; aperture circular, with an strongly outward curved collar.

Habitat: in Sphagnum swamps, mosses. I have found numerous shells in samples from a peat bog along the Bert Bos path in Loosdrecht, in the central part of the Netherlands, September 2012.

Dimensions: shell 70-85 µm long, mean 75 µm (Deflandre, 1926). My measurements 78-86 µm.

Remarks: If you look carefully at the picture above, you can see that the collar seems to curve inwardly.

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Ferry Siemensma, created February 27, 2019; last modified October 16, 2024
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