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

Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)

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

*Monodonta lineata*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Monodonta lugubris*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Osilinus lineatus*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Trochocochlea obstricta*	Locard, 1904	synonym
*Trochus crassus*	Pulteney, 1799	synonym
*Trochus lineatus*	da Costa, 1778	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778). 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:689176

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine

Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)