MolluscaBase taxon details
Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845)
689178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689178)
accepted
Species
Monodonta colubrina (A. Gould, 1849) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Monodonta sagittifera (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Osilinus (Pseudosilinus) edulis F. Nordsieck, 1974 · unaccepted
Osilinus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Oxystele sagittifera (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Trochocochlea sagittifera var. angulosa Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochocochlea sagittifera var. elevata Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochocochlea sagittifera var. similigibbula Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus (Monodonta) colubrinus A. Gould, 1849 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus colubrinus Gould, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trochus edulis R. T. Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Trochus indecorus R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted
Trochus listeri W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (invalid; not Stewart, 1802)
Trochus maderensis R. T. Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Trochus sagittiferus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (possible senior synonym)
Trochus sauciatus F. C. L. Koch, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trochus sauciatus F. C. L. Koch, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 190, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 190, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=689178 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Trochus sagittiferus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Trochocochlea sagittifera var. elevata Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Trochocochlea sagittifera var. angulosa Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Trochocochlea sagittifera var. similigibbula Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Trochus indecorus R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 97-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291891 [details]
original description (of Trochus sauciatus F. C. L. Koch, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 190, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Trochus maderensis R. T. Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R. T. (1843). A History of the Fishes of Madeira. 196 pp., 16 pl. London, van Voorst xvi., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=o0cDAAAAQAAJ [details]
original description (of Trochus (Monodonta) colubrinus A. Gould, 1849) Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391
page(s): 107. [details]
original description (of Osilinus (Pseudosilinus) edulis F. Nordsieck, 1974) Nordsieck, F. (1974). Il genere <i>Osilinus</i> Philippi, 1847 nei mari europei. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 67-68: 21-23.
page(s): 23; note: name attributed by Nordsieck to Lowe. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Trochus listeri W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 16, pl. 5, Trochus fig. 8; 44 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Sousa, R.; Vasconcelos, J.; Riera, R.; Delgado, J.; González, J. A.; Freitas, M.; Henriques, P. (2019). Disentangling exploitation of the intertidal grazer Phorcus sauciatus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in an oceanic archipelago: Implications for conservation. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 40(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12540 [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 <i>Osilinus</i> Philippi, 1847 and <i>Phorcus</i> Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 35–45. [details]
ecology source Baptista, L.; Santos, A. M.; Melo, C. S.; Rebelo, A. C.; Madeira, P.; Cordeiro, R.; Botelho, A. Z.; Hipólito, A.; Pombo, J.; Voelker, A. H. L.; Ávila, S. P. (2021). Untangling the origin of the newcomer <i>Phorcus sauciatus</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a remote Atlantic archipelago. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 168(1): article 9 [pp. 1-16]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03808-5 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Trochocochlea sagittifera var. elevata Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Trochocochlea sagittifera var. angulosa Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Trochocochlea sagittifera var. similigibbula Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Trochus indecorus R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 97-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291891 [details]
original description (of Trochus sauciatus F. C. L. Koch, 1845) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 190, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Trochus maderensis R. T. Lowe, 1843) Lowe, R. T. (1843). A History of the Fishes of Madeira. 196 pp., 16 pl. London, van Voorst xvi., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=o0cDAAAAQAAJ [details]
original description (of Trochus (Monodonta) colubrinus A. Gould, 1849) Gould, A. A. (1849). [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 [May 1849], 140-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870391
page(s): 107. [details]
original description (of Osilinus (Pseudosilinus) edulis F. Nordsieck, 1974) Nordsieck, F. (1974). Il genere <i>Osilinus</i> Philippi, 1847 nei mari europei. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 67-68: 21-23.
page(s): 23; note: name attributed by Nordsieck to Lowe. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Trochus listeri W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 16, pl. 5, Trochus fig. 8; 44 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Sousa, R.; Vasconcelos, J.; Riera, R.; Delgado, J.; González, J. A.; Freitas, M.; Henriques, P. (2019). Disentangling exploitation of the intertidal grazer Phorcus sauciatus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in an oceanic archipelago: Implications for conservation. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 40(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12540 [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 <i>Osilinus</i> Philippi, 1847 and <i>Phorcus</i> Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 35–45. [details]
ecology source Baptista, L.; Santos, A. M.; Melo, C. S.; Rebelo, A. C.; Madeira, P.; Cordeiro, R.; Botelho, A. Z.; Hipólito, A.; Pombo, J.; Voelker, A. H. L.; Ávila, S. P. (2021). Untangling the origin of the newcomer <i>Phorcus sauciatus</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a remote Atlantic archipelago. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 168(1): article 9 [pp. 1-16]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03808-5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845) Portugal, Madeira, Porto Santo)
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845) Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, La Caleta, Playa del Bajo, live on rocks, collected December 1996, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F.C.L.Koch,1845) Morocco, Fès-Boulemane, 13 km S of Safi)
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F.C.L.Koch,1845) Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Isla Graciosa, Punta Corrales)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trochus colubrinus Holotype USNM 5623) (from synonym Trochus colubrinus Gould, 1849)
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845) Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, La Caleta, Playa del Bajo, live on rocks, collected December 1996, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F.C.L.Koch,1845) Morocco, Fès-Boulemane, 13 km S of Safi)
To Malacopics (Phorcus sauciatus (F.C.L.Koch,1845) Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Isla Graciosa, Punta Corrales)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trochus colubrinus Holotype USNM 5623) (from synonym Trochus colubrinus Gould, 1849)
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