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Lined top shell

Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus) is a species in the family Trochidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the lined top shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lined top shell live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lined top shell as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lined top shell endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lined top shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTrochidae
  6. genusPhorcus
  7. SpeciesPhorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)

Synonyms Labio concolor, Monodonta lineata, Monodonta lugubris, Osilinus lineatus, Trochocochlea lineata, Trochocochlea obstricta, Trochus crassus, Trochus lineatus

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Thick top shellEnglish
  • Toothed top shellEnglish
  • bígaru xorreruAsturian
  • monodonta čárkovanáCzech
  • Top môr danheddogWelsh
  • Gestrichelte BuckelschneckeGerman
  • BurgadoSpanish
  • MonodonteFrench
  • Caramuxo riscadoGalician
  • Biscacco striatoItalian
  • ホソスジダタミJapanese
  • Vagotasis sukutisLithuanian
  • TandtolhorenDutch
  • CaramujoPortuguese
  • Монодонта исчерченнаяRussian
  • Gestrichelte KreiselschneckeGerman
  • Cornetto striatoItalian
  • Gestreepte tandtolhorenDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lined top shell

Other species in the same genus Phorcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lined top shell an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lined top shell as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lined top shell?

The lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus) belongs to the family Trochidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lined-top-shell

MLA

“Lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lined-top-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{lined_top_shell_2026,
  title = {Lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lined-top-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}