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Diplotesta
From Williams et al., 2017:
[Diplotesta, Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p. 256
name illegitimate. jr. homonym of Diplotesta Brogniart, 1874.
Type species: Diplotesta glaessneri, Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b (pl.39, fig.4)]
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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1960]:
Description:
Shell cylindrical or elongate-ellipsoidal, straight or curved, with rounded or bluntly pointed apices and partially filled with an elongate oval capsule. Membrane of shell smooth or finely and longitudinally striate; wall of capsule smooth.
[Diplotesta, Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p. 256
name illegitimate. jr. homonym of Diplotesta Brogniart, 1874.
Type species: Diplotesta glaessneri, Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b (pl.39, fig.4)]
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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1960]:
Description:
Shell cylindrical or elongate-ellipsoidal, straight or curved, with rounded or bluntly pointed apices and partially filled with an elongate oval capsule. Membrane of shell smooth or finely and longitudinally striate; wall of capsule smooth.