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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks

Genus: Phos

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13 species (see list below)
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Phos blainvillei
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Phos cyanostoma
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Phos dumalis
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Max. Length 4 cm ShH
 
Phos hirasei
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Phos nodicostatus
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
Phos roseatus(Hinds, 1844)

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Phos roseatus
[Rosy phos]
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Phos sculptilis
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific

Phos senticosus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Phos senticosus
[Common Pacific phos]
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Phos temperatus
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Phos textiles
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 1.5 cm ShH
Phos textilisAdams, 1851

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Phos textilis
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm ShH
Phos textum(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Phos textum
[Woven Pacific phos]
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Phos vandenberghi
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