Phos
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Phos is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...

, the true whelks.

Species

Species within the genus Phos include:
  • Phos alabaster Fraussen, 2003
  • Phos blainvillei Deshayes in Bélanger, 1832
  • Phos boucheti
    Phos boucheti
    Phos boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen, 2003
  • Phos crassus Hinds, 1843
  • Phos cumingii Reeve, 1846
  • Phos cyanostoma
    Phos cyanostoma
    Phos cyanostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    (A. Adams, 1850)
  • Phos deforgesi
    Phos deforgesi
    Phos deforgesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen, 2003
  • Phos dumalis (Philippi, 1851)
  • Phos gemmulifer
    Phos gemmulifer
    Phos gemmulifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Kilburn, 2000
  • Phos muriculatus Sowerby, 1859
  • Phos nodicostatus A. Adams, 1851
  • Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844 : synonym of Antillophos roseatus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Phos sculptilis Watson, 1886
  • Phos senticosus
    Phos senticosus
    Phos senticosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm-References:...

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phos temperatus
    Phos temperatus
    Phos temperatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Poppe, 2005
  • Phos textilis A. Adams, 1851
  • Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Phos vandenberghi
    Phos vandenberghi
    Phos vandenberghi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Fraussen & Poppe, 2005
  • Phos virgatus Hinds, 1844


The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :
  • Phos gladysiae Melvill & Standen, 1901
  • Phos varicosus Gould, 1849


Spêcies brought into synonymy:
  • Phos bathyketes Watson, 1882 : synonym of Antillophos bathyketes (Watson, 1882)
  • Phos borneensis Sowerby, 1859 : synonym of Antillophos borneensis (G.B. Sowerby, 1859)
  • Phos elegantissimus Hayashi & Habe, 1965 : synonym of Antillophos elegantissimum (Hayashi & Habe, 1965)
  • Phos grateloupianus (Petit, 1853): synonym of Antillophos grateloupianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
  • Phos hayashii Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Antillophos hayashii (Shikama, 1977)
  • Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913 : synonym of Antillophos hirasei (G.B. Sowerby, 1913)
  • Phos laeve Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961 : synonym of Antillophos laeve (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
  • Phos makiyamai Kuroda, 1961 : synonym of Antillophos makiyamai (Kuroda, 1961)
  • Phos minutus Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Antillophos minutus (Schepman, 1911)
  • Phos naucratoros Watson, 1882 : synonym of Antillophos naucratoros (Watson, 1882)
  • Phos nigroliratus Habe, 1961 : synonym of Antillophos nigroliratum (Habe, 1961)
  • Phos pyladeum Kato, 1995 : synonym of Antillophos pyladeum (Kato, 1994)
  • Phos retecosus Hinds, 1844 : synonym of Antillophos retecosus (Hinds, 1844)
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