MolluscaBase - Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828)

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Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828)

AphiaID

689175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689175)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phorcus Risso, 1826

Original name

Trochus atratus W. Wood, 1828

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Phorcus atratus atratus (W. Wood, 1828)
Subspecies Phorcus atratus selvagensis (Talavera, 1978)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 17; pl. 5 fig. 25 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=689175 on 2025-03-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=689175 on 2025-03-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-06 20:46:31Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2021-10-11 04:43:08Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 17; pl. 5 fig. 25 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

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. [details]