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Phorcus
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Phorcus

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

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lined Top Shell

speciesPhorcus lineatus

Turbinate Monodont

speciesPhorcus turbinatus

Phorcus sauciatus

speciesPhorcus sauciatus

Phorcus articulatus

speciesPhorcus articulatus

Phorcus richardi

speciesPhorcus richardi

Phorcus mutabilis

speciesPhorcus mutabilis

Phorcus atratus

speciesPhorcus atratus

Phorcus mariae

speciesPhorcus mariae

Phorcus punctulatus

speciesPhorcus punctulatus

Monodonta passalis

speciesMonodonta passalis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418793.