Phylogenetic reconstruction based on COI reshuffles the taxonomy of hyalosphenid shelled (testate) amoebae and reveals the convoluted evolution of shell plate shapes Author Anush Kosakyan Author Daniel J. G. Lahr Author Matthieu Mulot Author Ralf Meisterfeld Author Edward A. D. Mitchell Author Enrique Lara text Cladistics 2016 32 606 623 journal article 10.1111/cla.12167 b1b40acc-a139-4224-b746-a4229d457dbf 238712 Longinebela gen. nov. Kosakyan, Lahr, Mulot, Meisterfeld, Mitchell and Lara Description. Test elongated-pyriform, with a distinct neck, lateral margins (that can be straight or wavy) tapering towards the aperture. Test hyaline or slightly yellowish, composed of circular to elongated shell plates probably recycled from euglyphid testate amoeba prey. Differential diagnosis. See diagnosis of Gibbocarina . Type species. L. tubulosa ( Penard, 1902 ) Kosakyan, Lahr, Mulot, Meisterfeld, Mitchell and Lara comb. nov. Included taxa. We include here all Nebela taxa with an elongated test, such as: N. tubulosa , N. meisterfeldi , N. speciosa and N. golemansky . Etymology. The name of the genus refers to the elongated shape of these species and their otherwise similar morphology to the genus Nebela .