BIDDULPHIOIDEÆ

BIDDULPHIEÆ

(a) Triceratiinæ.—Frustule cylindrical or prismatic, with three or more sides.

(b) Biddulphiinæ.—Frustule cylindroid; valve with ends elevated into round processes or long horns.

(c) Anauleæ.—Valve elliptical, lunate or triangular, with internal septa.

(d) Euodieæ.—Frustule cuneate in zone view; valve lunate.

(a) TRICERATIINÆ

(1) Ditylum.—Frustule imperfectly siliceous. Zone with numerous divisions. Valve with central spine.

(2) Trinacria.—Processes with sharp spines.

Ditylum Bail. (1861)