Sorites Ehrenberg 1839

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

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