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Hystrichosphaeridium israelianum

"Hystrichosphaeridium israelianum" Rossignol, 1962, p.132, pl.2, fig.3.

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

HISTORY: NOW: Operculodinium. 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) and 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 Protoceratium) reticulatum Claparède and Lachmann, 1859, according to Matsuoka (1989, p.224).

AGE: Pleistocene.


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