Operculodinium israelianum
israelianum (Rossignol, 1962, p.132, pl.2, fig.3) Wall, 1967, p.111. Holotype: Rossignol, 1962, pl.2, fig.3. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium? (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Operculodinium. 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; Hystrichosphaeridium westii, according to Wall and Dale (1968a, p.315, as hystrichosphere type "x" of West). Motile equivalent: questionably Peridinium (now Protoceratium) reticulatum Claparède and Lachmann, 1859, according to Wall and Dale (1968c, p.272). Age: Pleistocene.
Parent: Operculodinium