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

Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Monodonta Lamarck, 1799

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 draparnaudii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Monodonta ulvae*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Osilinus articulatus*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym
*Osilinus articulatus flammoides*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Trochocochlea arenosa*	Monterosato, 1923	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata var. constricta*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata var. depauperata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata var. fulminea*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata var. minor*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata var. trivialis*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea articulata var. undata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea denudata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea retusa*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbiformis*	(Salis Marschlins, 1793)	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbiformis var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Trochocochlea turbiformis var. undata*	Pallary, 1938	synonym
*Trochus articulatus*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym
*Trochus articulatus var. lineolata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus articulatus var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus corcyrensis*	Stossich, 1865	synonym
*Trochus turbiformis*	Salis Marschlins, 1793	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 articulatus (Lamarck, 1822). 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:689174

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Occurrence

Present

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Managed

No data

Environment

marine

Importance

EPPO alert:
listed 2007-10 This species is a pest to plants possibly presenting a risk to countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)