"Cleistosphaeridium? israelianum" (Rossignol, 1962, p.132, pl.2, fig.3) Davey et al., 1966, p.170.
TYPE: Holotype: Rossignol, 1962, pl.2, fig.3. STATUS: Combination not validly published: basionym not fully referenced. HISTORY: NOW: Operculodinium. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium? (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Operculodinium. Questionable assignment: Davey et al. (1966, p.170). 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) provisionally retained Operculodinium crassum. MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Peridinium (now Protoperidinium) reticulatum Claparède and Lachmann, 1859, according to Matsuoka (1989, p.224). AGE: Pleistocene.
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