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Corythion pulchellum
Trachelocorythion pulchellum

Genus Trachelocorythion Bonnet, 1979

Diagnosis: shell ovoid, compressed; aperture with a short collar, one lip slightly longer than the other one; shell composed of oval siliceous scales; aperture region with much smaller scales; aperture scales not denticulated; nucleus vesicular, filopodia.

Ecology: In mosses, sphagnum and in soils.

One species: Trachelocorythion pulchellum

Ferry Siemensma, created March 1, 2019; last modified February 06, 2021
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