Sorites (foram)

Sorites is a genus of benthic Foraminifera, in the family Soritidae, order Miliolida. 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:


 * 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