Sorites (foram)

Sorites; Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Superphylum:	Retaria
Phylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Tubothalamea
Order:	Miliolida
Superfamily:	Soritoidea
Family:	Soritidae
Subfamily:	Soritinae
Genus:	Sorites; Ehrenberg, 1839
Species
	Sorites dominicensis; Sorites duplex; Sorites grecoensis; Sorites hofkeri; Sorites marginalis; Sorites orbiculus; Sorites pseudodiscoidea; Sorites variabilis

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Sorites is a genus of benthic Foraminifera, in the family Soritidae, order Miliolida.^[1] Its type species is Nautilus orbiculus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775). Its chronostratigraphic range ranges from the Miocene to the present.

Classification

Sorites includes the following species:^[1]

Sorites dominicensis (uncertain)
Sorites duplex
Sorites edentulus (uncertain)
Sorites grecoensis (fossil only)
Sorites marginalis
Sorites orbiculus
Sorites pseudodiscoidea
Sorites variabilis

Other species include:

Sorites discoideus, accepted as Cycloputeolina discoidea
Sorites hofkeri, accepted as Parasorites orbitolitoides
Sorites orbitolitoides, accepted as Parasorites orbitolitoides

Bibliography

^ ^a ^b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

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