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Phorcus

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Trochoidea

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Phorcus uploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons66dPhorcu

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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.

Contents

The black proludium monstrum phorcus wmv


Distribution

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

Species

Species within the genus Phorcus include:

Phorcus Phorcus articulatus Wikiwand

  • 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 Phorcus turbinatus

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

  • Phorcus Phorcus turbinatus

    References

    Phorcus Wikipedia