
Pyxidicula, spec.Photo Wolfgang Bettighofer
Pyxidicula spec.
Diagnosis: Shell hemispherical, aperture nearly as large as the diameter of the shell; aperture bordered by a tubular ring, which is in fact a curved part of the shell, first curving inward and then strongly curving outward. Nucleus single, vesicular.
Dimensions: Measurements: about 20 µm.
Ecology: Freshwater, rare. Germany.

A reconstruction of the shell-shape, based on the photomicrographs of Wolfgang Bettighofer.

Pyxidicula spec. – Photomicrograph: Wolfgang Bettighofer

Pyxidicula spec. – Photomicrograph: Wolfgang Bettighofer

Pyxidicula spec. – Photomicrograph: Wolfgang Bettighofer

Pyxidicula spec. – Photomicrograph: Wolfgang Bettighofer

Pyxidicula spec. – Photomicrograph: Wolfgang Bettighofer