Phorcus
| Phorcus | |
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| Phorcus mutabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in 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 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
- ^ a b Phorcus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1December 2012.
- ^ Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- 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. ]
- 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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