Poole, Karen E.
Phorcus
Sign in to savePhorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTrochidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- Family
- Trochidae
- Collections
- YPM, UF, MNHN, CM
- Recorded in
- France, Spain, Corse, Golfe Du Lion, Italie, Slovenie
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- Phorcus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phorcus
- taxon name
- Phorcus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Tandtolhorens
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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.
==Distribution== These marine species are algal grazers in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
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