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WoRMS taxon details

Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822)

AphiaID

689177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689177)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phorcus Risso, 1826

Original name

Monodonta punctulata Lamarck, 1822

Synonymised names

Monodonta osilin Deshayes, 1843 · unaccepted

Monodonta punctulata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted

Osilinus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Monodonta punctulata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 37 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=689177 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-06 20:46:31Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2020-02-20 09:44:48Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Monodonta osilin Deshayes, 1843) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1843). Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp. [Deshayes sole author of the new molluscan names]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64019
page(s): 182-183 [details]

original description (of Monodonta punctulata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 37 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.002 [details]