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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
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
[1]
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.
[1]
Distribution
These marine species are algal grazers in the northeastern
Atlantic Ocean and
Mediterranean Sea .
Species
Species within the genus Phorcus include:
Phorcus articulatus (
Lamarck , 1822)
Phorcus atratus (Wood, 1828)
†
Phorcus burgadoi Martín-González, 2018
†
Phorcus gallicophorcus Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)
Phorcus mariae Templado & Rolán, 2012
Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846)
[2]
Phorcus punctulatus (
Lamarck , 1822)
Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)
[3]
Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845)
Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1780)
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
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
External links
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Phorcus .
Risso A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault: Vol. 1: XII + 448 + 1 carta [1826]. Vol. 2: VII + 482 + 8 pl. (fiori) [novembre 1827]. Vol. 3: XVI + 480 + 14 pl. (pesci) [settembre 1827]. Vol. 4: IV + 439 + 12 pl. (molluschi) [novembre 1826]. Vol. 5: VIII + 400 + 10 pl.
Philippi, R. A. (1847). Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung des Geschlechtes Trochus. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4: 3-11, 17-26
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee . Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.
Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp.
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