Auricula intermedia (Lewis) Cleve (1894: 21)

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Thomas, Evan W. & Pennesi, Chiara, 2018, Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq, Phytotaxa 372 (2), pp. 111-152 : 141-143

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.372.2.1

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scientific name

Auricula intermedia (Lewis) Cleve (1894: 21)
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Auricula intermedia (Lewis) Cleve (1894: 21) ( Fig. 102)

References: Peragallo & Peragallo, 1897 –1908, pl. 42, figs12, 13; Podzorski & Håkansson, 1987, pl. 40, fig. 7.

Features: Length: 60 μm, width 15 μm, fibulae 8–10 in 10 μm, striae 16–17 in 10 μm.

Description: Frustules rectangular, constricted in the middle with rounded corners. Valves with deeply arcuate dorsal margin and straight ventral margin. Raphe eccentric, fibulae small. Transapical striae parallel in the middle and curved near apices.

Ecology and Distribution: Marine species, more common in warm water. Previously reported from the Gulf (Al-Yamani & Saburova, 2011). Very rare in Basra corals.

Cleve, P. T. (1894) Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms, Part I. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 26: 1 - 194.

Peragallo, H. & Peragallo, M. (1897 - 1908) Diatome´es marines de France et des districts maritimes voisins. M. J. Tempe`re, Grez-sur- Loing, 491 pp.

Podzorski, A. C. & Hakansson, H. (1987) Freshwater and marine diatoms from Palawan (Philippine Island). Bibliotheca Diatomologica 13: 1 - 245.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Achatinellidae

Genus

Auricula