Foraminifera taxon details
Soritinae Ehrenberg, 1839
721181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721181)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Amphisorus Ehrenberg, 1839
- Genus Annulosorites Hottinger, 2001 †
- Genus Macetadiscus Hottinger, Serra-Kiel & Gallardo-García, 2016 †
- Genus Mardinella Meriç & Çoruh, 1991 †
- Genus Marginopora Quoy & Gaimard in Blainville, 1830
- Genus Omanodiscus Hottinger, Serra-Kiel & Gallardo-García, 2016 †
- Genus Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 †
- Genus Parahaymanella Acar, 2019 †
- Genus Pseudotaberina Eames in Davies, 1971 †
- Genus Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839
- Genus Yaberinella Vaughan, 1928 †
- Genus Azzarolina Vicedo & Serra-Kiel, 2015 † accepted as Mardinella Meriç & Çoruh, 1991 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schlagintweit et al. (2019))
- Genus Discolites Montfort, 1808 † accepted as Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Discolithus Fortis, 1802 † accepted as Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 † (Objective junior synonym; subsequent type designation by Kjellesvig-Waering (1963))
- Genus Orbitulites Roemer, 1849 † accepted as Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 † (err. emend.)
- Genus Orbitulites Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 † (err. emend.)
- Genus Taramellina Munier-Chalmas, 1902 accepted as Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
Diagnosis Proloculus and flexostyle followed by numerous later chambers in arcuate or annular series, stolons connecting those of...
Diagnosis Proloculus and flexostyle followed by numerous later chambers in arcuate or annular series, stolons connecting those of successive series but chambers of a single series not connected. L. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Soritinae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721181 on 2026-06-15
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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., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Proloculus and flexostyle followed by numerous later chambers in arcuate or annular series, stolons connecting those of successive series but chambers of a single series not connected. L. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
