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

Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845)

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 colubrina*	(A. Gould, 1849)	synonym
*Osilinus sauciatus*	(F. C. L. 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 (Monodonta) colubrinus*	A. Gould, 1849	synonym
*Trochus colubrinus*	Gould, 1849	synonym
*Trochus sagittiferus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Trochus sauciatus*	F. C. L. Koch, 1845	synonym

Literature

additional source	Sousa, R.; Vasconcelos, J.; Riera, R.; Delgado, J.; González, J. A.; Freitas, M.; Henriques, P. (2019). Disentangling exploitation of the intertidal grazer Phorcus sauciatus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in an oceanic archipelago: Implications for conservation. Marine Ecology. 40(2).
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.
ecology source	Baptista, L.; Santos, A. M.; Melo, C. S.; Rebelo, A. C.; Madeira, P.; Cordeiro, R.; Botelho, A. Z.; Hipólito, A.; Pombo, J.; Voelker, A. H. L.; Ávila, S. P. (2021). Untangling the origin of the newcomer Phorcus sauciatus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a remote Atlantic archipelago. Marine Biology. 168(1): article 9 [pp. 1-16].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845). 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:689178