Phorcus

{{About|the genus of sea snails|the sea god in Greek mythology|Phorcys}}

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| taxon = Phorcus

| authority = Risso, 1826 {{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

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| type_species = Trochus margaritaceus

| type_species_authority = Risso, A., 1826

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Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.{{WRMS species|138595|Phorcus ||1 December 2012}}

Distribution

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 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){{WRMS species|141830|Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846)||1 May 2010}}
Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826){{WRMS species|141831|Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)||1 May 2010}}
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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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

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 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. ]
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