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Phorcus

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q7187369
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Phorcus

Summary

Phorcus is a taxon[1]. Phorcus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phorcus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Phorcus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Phorcus belongs to the parent taxon Trochidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Phorcus is Phorcus[6].
  • Phorcus's Commons category is recorded as Phorcus[7].
  • Phorcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phorcus[8].
  • Phorcus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tandtolhorens'}[9].

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Classification

Phorcus's scientific name is Phorcus[6]. Phorcus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Phorcus is classified within Trochidae[5]. Phorcus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tandtolhorens'}[9].

Identifiers

Phorcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 418793[10]. Phorcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1093071[11]. Phorcus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3028220[12]. Phorcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3245004[13].

Why It Matters

Phorcus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2] Phorcus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Trochidae
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