Phorcus

Phorcus
Phorcus mutabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family:	Trochidae
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 Trochocochlea Mörch, 1852 Trochus (Phorcus) Risso, 1826

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

1. Phorcus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1December 2012.
2. Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
3. 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

External links

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.