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

Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phorcus*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Osilinus*	Philippi, 1847	synonym
*Trochocochlea*	Mörch, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Osilinus sauciatus*	(Koch, 1845)	synonym
*Trochocochlea sagittifera*	(Lamarck, 1822) sensu Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Trochocochlea sagittifera var. angulosa*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Trochocochlea sagittifera var. elevata*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Trochocochlea sagittifera var. similigibbula*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Trochus colubrinus*	Gould, 1849	synonym
*Trochus sagittiferus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Trochus sauciatus*	Koch, 1845	synonym
*Trochus saulcyi*	d'Orbigny, 1840	synonym

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

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689178