Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached by long axis (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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P. truncata 106 x 11 μm peristome 20 μm Japan, 1999	P. truncata 120 x 12 μm peristome μm Japan, 1999	P. truncata Lorica 100 x 80 μm Mida-ga-hara 5 Gassan (mt) Yamagata, 2006	P. truncata Lorica μm Omotsubo m. Niimi Okayama, 2006
P. truncata Lorica μm Shibayachi marsh Odate Akita, 2007	P. truncata Lorica μm Okahotto Y.M. Abiko Chiba, 2008	P. truncata Lorica μm Fujimitashiro Katashina Gunma, 2008

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