Phorcus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae

Similar Osilinus, Phorcus lineatus, Monodonta, Gibbula divaricata, Gibbula magus

Mediterranean sea snail phorcus turbinatus

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

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

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)

Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822)

Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)

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

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