Phorcus

Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Distribution
These marine species are algal grazers in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Species
Species within the genus Phorcus include:
 * Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Phorcus atratus (Wood, 1828)
 * † Phorcus burgadoi Martín-González, 2018
 * † Phorcus gallicophorcus Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
 * Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)
 * Phorcus mariae Templado & Rolán, 2012
 * Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846)
 * Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845)
 * Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1780)
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Phorcus margaritaceus Risso, 1826 : synonym of Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Phorcus semigranosus A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Chlorostoma semigranosum A. Adams, 1851