Sorites is a genus of benthic Foraminifera, in the family Soritidae, order Miliolida. Its type species is Nautilus orbiculus (ForsskÃÂ¥l in Niebuhr, 1775). Its chronostratigraphic range ranges from the Miocene to the present.
Classification
Sorites includes the following species:
- Sorites duplex
- Sorites grecoensis (fossil only)
- Sorites marginalis
- Sorites nayensis
- Sorites orbiculus
- 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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