Valkanovia lineare
V. lineare, after Schönborn, 1964

Valkanovia lineare Schönborn, 1964

Diagnosis: The shell is slender, hyaline, with almost parallel sides, slightly converging just before the pseudostome. The shell is compressed, the pseudostome elliptical. The scales are oblong-oval and overlap hexagonally. The pseudostome is smooth-edged or slightly wavy due to protruding scales, which have the same shape as the other scales. The nucleus has a centrally located nucleolus.

Dimensions: Length 37.0-47.6 μm; width 17.0-32.0 μm; thickness 11.0-12.2 μm.

Habitat: Sporadically, but regularly in the humus layer of a beech forest. Europe.

Ferry Siemensma, created August 21, 2023; last modified October 16, 2024
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