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

Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Trochus Linnaeus, 1758

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

*Gibbula serpa*	F. Nordsieck, 1982	synonym
*Monodonta fragarioides*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Monodonta olivieri*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Monodonta turbinata*	(Born, 1778)	synonym
*Osilinus turbinatus*	(Born, 1778)	synonym
*Osilinus turbinatus orientalis*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata*	(Born, 1778)	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. concava*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. conspicua*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. dilatata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. elevata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. interrupta*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. lapillus*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. maxima*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. pinguis*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. ponderosa*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbinata var. zebra*	(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885)	synonym
*Trochus (Trochocochlea) turbinatus*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Trochus (Trochocochlea) turbinatus var. zebra*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1885	synonym
*Trochus tessulatus*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Trochus turbinatus var. elongata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus turbinatus var. globosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus turbinatus var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus zonatus*	Jeffreys, 1856	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: turbinate monodont sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: gibbule commune; gibbule toupie

German: Würfelturban

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 turbinatus (Born, 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:689179