Phorcus

This article is about the genus of sea snails. For the sea god in Greek mythology, see Phorcys.

Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Phorcus
Phorcus mutabilis
Scientific classification
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]
Caragolus Monterosato, 1884 Monodonta (Osilinus) Philippi, 1847 Neptheusa Leach, 1852 Osilinus Philippi, 1847 Osilinus (Mutilastra) F. Nordsieck, 1974 Osilinus (Pseudosilinus) F. Nordsieck, 1974 Trochocochlea Mörch, 1852 Trochus (Phorcus) Risso, 1826

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 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)^[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