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Phormostichoartus pitomorphus
Caulet, 1986
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Description - Add description
Shell smooth, spindle-shaped, consisting of four segments. Cephalis conical with well-developed, poreless, vertical tube lying along the thorax for about a third of its total length. Numerous circular pores, hexagonnally framed , in regular horizontal rows. No apical horn.
Dimensions:
Total length: 75-80µm. Maximum width: 25-30µm.
Remarks:
Relationships of this species with P. fistula and P. platycephala are described earlier in this chapter. In specimens of P. pitomorphus, the thorax is always longer than the abdomen. | | Caulet 1986 |
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