T. dentata, after Deflandre, 1928
Tracheleuglypha dentata (Vejdovsky, 1882)
Diagnosis: Shell clear, elliptical, round in cross-section; with circular, overlapping scales; no spines and no dentate apertural plates. Pseudostome circular, with short, sometimes dentate, organic collar, which is produced during fission to hold the opposed tests together. Nucleus ovular.
Ecology: Herbivorous. In mosses and soil and on aquatic vegetation.
T. dentata, dry moss, Cuba, 2019
T. dentata, dry moss, Cuba, 2019
T. dentata, oral view. Dry moss, Cuba, 2019
Tracheleuglypha dentata, plate scales
Tracheleuglypha dentata, 49 µm
T. dentata