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Operculina
ammonoides
(Gronovius, 1781)
Class:
Rotaliata
Subclass:
Rotaliana
Order:
Nummulitida
Family:
Nummulitidae
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: