Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Trochidae > Subfamily Cantharidinae > Genus Phorcus

Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phorcus*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Caragolus*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Osilinus*	R. A. Philippi, 1847	synonym
*Trochocochlea*	Mörch, 1852	synonym
*Trochus (Phorcus)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Trochus (Trochocochlea)*	Mörch, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Osilinus atratus*	(W. Wood, 1828)	synonym
*Osilinus atratus trappei*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Trochus atratus*	W. Wood, 1828	synonym
*Trochus saulcyi*	A. d'Orbigny, 1840	synonym
*Trochus tamsii*	Dunker, 1845	synonym

Children

Phorcus atratus selvagensis (Talavera, 1978)

Literature

new combination reference	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689175