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Genus of gastropods This article is about the genus of sea snails. For the sea god in Greek mythology, see Phorcys.

Phorcus
Phorcus mutabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Phorcus
Risso, 1826
Type species
Trochus margaritaceus
Risso, A., 1826
Synonyms
  • Caragolus Monterosato, 1884
  • Monodonta (Osilinus) Philippi, 1847
  • Neptheusa Leach, 1852
  • Osilinus Philippi, 1847
  • Osilinus (Mutilastra) F. Nordsieck, 1974
  • Osilinus (Pseudosilinus) F. Nordsieck, 1974
  • Trochocochlea Mörch, 1852
  • Trochus (Phorcus) Risso, 1826

Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Distribution

These marine species are algal grazers in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Species

Species within the genus Phorcus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Phorcus margaritaceus Risso, 1826: synonym of Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Phorcus semigranosus A. Adams, 1851: synonym of Chlorostoma semigranosum A. Adams, 1851

References

  1. ^ Phorcus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 December 2012.
  2. Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  3. Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Nordsieck, F. (1974). Il genere Osilinus Philippi, 1847 nei mari europei. La Conchiglia. 67-68: 21-23.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, 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. 180–213
  • Donald K.M., Preston J., Williams S.T., Reid D.R., Winter D., Alvarez R., Buge B., Hawkins S.J., Templado J. & Spencer H.G. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships elucidate colonization patterns in the intertidal grazers Osilinus Philippi, 1847 and Phorcus Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62(1): 35–45

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Taxon identifiers
Phorcus


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