Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
These marine species are algal grazers in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Species
Species within the genus Phorcus include:
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Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Phorcus atratus (Wood, 1828)
- † Phorcus burgadoi Martín-González, 2018
- † Phorcus gallicophorcus Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
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Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)
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Phorcus mariae Templado & Rolán, 2012
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Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846)[2]
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Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)[3]
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Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845)
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Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1780)
- Species brought into synonymy
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Phorcus margaritaceus Risso, 1826: synonym of Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)
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Phorcus semigranosus A. Adams, 1851: synonym of Chlorostoma semigranosum A. Adams, 1851
References
- 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
