Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea > Order Miliolida > Suborder Miliolina > Superfamily Soritoidea > Family Soritidae > Subfamily Soritinae

Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sorites orbiculus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.
basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
subsequent type designation	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839 (Foraminiferida): proposed designation of Nautilus orbiculus Forsskål , 1775 as type species. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 44: 160-161.
subsequent type designation	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1989). Opinion 1536 Sorites Ehrenberg, [1839] (Foraminiferida): Nautilus Orbiculus Forsskål, 1775 designated as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 46: 135-136.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112069