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Operculodinium israelianum

Operculodinium israelianum (Rossignol, 1962, p.132, pl.2, fig.3) Wall, 1967, p.111.

TYPE: Holotype: Rossignol, 1962, pl.2, fig.3.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium? (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Operculodinium.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Cleistosphaeridium cephalum, according to Jain and Garg (1991, p.78); Operculodinium crassum, according to Harland in Head and Wrenn (1992, p.20) - however, Head (1996b, p.1231) retained Operculodinium crassum.

MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède and Lachmann, 1859) Bütschli, 1885, according to Matsuoka (1989, p.224).

AGE: Pleistocene.


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