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

Sorites orbiculus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sorites*	Ehrenberg, 1839	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nautilus orbiculus*	Forsskål, 1775	synonym

Literature

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	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. Mediterranean Marine Science. 9(1): 119-165.
new combination reference	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.
new combination reference	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.
ecology source	Faure, E.; Not, F.; Benoiston, A.-S.; Labadie, K.; Bittner, L.; Ayata, S.-D. (2019). Mixotrophic protists display contrasted biogeographies in the global ocean. The ISME Journal. 13(4): 1072-1083.
ecology source	Lee, J.J.; McEnery, M.E.; Kahn, E.G.; Schuster, F.L. (1979). Symbiosis and the evolution of larger foraminifera. Micropaleontology. pp.118-140.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sorites orbiculus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775). 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:112823