Phorcus

Phorcus es un género de molusco gasterópodo marino.

Phorcus
Peonzas

Phorcus mutabilis
Taxonomía
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Mollusca
Clase: Gastropoda
Subclase: Orthogastropoda
Orden: Trochida
Superfamilia: Trochoidea
Familia: Trochidae
Género: Trochus
Risso, 1826
Especie tipo
Trochus margaritaceus Risso, A., 1826
Sinonimia
  • Caragolus Monterosato, 1884
  • Monodonta (Osilinus) Philippi, 1847
  • Neptheusa Leach, 1852
  • Osilinus Philippi, 1847
  • Trochocochlea Mörch, 1852
  • Trochus (Phorcus) Risso, 1826


Phorcus es un género de molusco gasterópodo marino.

Las peonzas son moluscos herbívoros que se alimentan de algas. Su distribución abarca el Mar Mediterráneo y el Océano Atlántico nororiental. En las Islas Canarias se le conoce comúnmente como "burgado".

Especies

Phorcus turbinatus en el Mediterráneo.

Referencias

Bibliografía

  • Risso A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault: Vol. 1: XII + 448 + 1 carta [1826. Vol. 2: VII + 482 + 8 pl. (fiori) [novembre 1827]. Vol. 3: XVI + 480 + 14 pl. (pesci) [settembre 1827]. Vol. 4: IV + 439 + 12 pl. (molluschi) [novembre 1826]. Vol. 5: VIII + 400 + 10 pl. ]
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • 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

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