Pseudocucurbitella
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| Pseudocucurbitella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Amorphea |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Arcellinida |
| Genus: | Pseudocucurbitella Bovee 1972[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudocucurbitella papillomata (Gauthier-Lièvre & Thomas) Bovee 1972[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Pseudocucurbitella is a genus of freshwater testate amoebae of the order Arcellinida. Its shell is agglutinated, ovoid, with a round crossection and a circular aperture surrounded by 3 to 5 separate lobes forming a short collar.[2]
Originally, it was described as a subgenus of Difflugia in 1960, but was elevated to genus level in 1972. The taxonomic position of Pseudocucurbitella among Arcellinida is uncertain[2] and the genus has been abandoned by recent classifications,[3] but it was initially assigned to the family Difflugiidae.[1]
