Phos hoernesi Semper 1861 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos (Phos) hoernesi

Belongs to Phos according to M. Harzhauser 2002

Sister taxa: Buccinum (Phos) cuspidatum, Phos (Coraeophos), Phos (Phos), Phos (Strongylocera), Phos acuminatus, Phos albirupina, Phos bellaliratus, Phos bullbrooki, Phos dumbleana, Phos gabbii, Phos gregsoni, Phos guppyi, Phos haughti, Phos latirugatus, Phos lyraecostatus, Phos senticosus, Phos sloani, Phos tardicrescens, Phos thayerae, Phos trinitatensis, Phos tuberculatus, Phos vaughani

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phos hoernesi in the database

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