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.
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| Subfamily: | Soritinae
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| Genus: | Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839
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Sorites dominicensis | |
Classification edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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