Operculina ammonoides (Gronovius, 1781)Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Nummulitida Family: NummulitidaeTaxon Profile found at Eilat Red Sea Israel Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent the image is published in the below cited PhD-thesis of Dr. Shai Oron View of a specimen of Operculina ammonoides (Gronovius, 1781) the pink is caused by rose bengal staining to the researchgate page of Dr. Shai Oron The identification is based upon: Oron, S. et al. , 2014: Benthic foraminiferal response to the removal of aquaculture fish cages in the Gulf of Aqaba-Eilat, Red Sea in Marine Micropaleontology 107 (2014) 8-17 Plate n.a., Fig. 4 ![]() |
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