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Sorites

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Taxonomy
Sorites is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Soritidae.

It was assigned to Orbitolitinae by Cushman (1927); to Soritinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Sorites Cushman p. 55
1988Sorites Loeblich and Tappan
2002Sorites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySoritidaeEhrenberg 1839
subfamilySoritinaeEhrenberg 1839
genusSorites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available