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title: "Lined Top Shell"
description: "Phorcus lineatus — Other animals. Phorcus lineatus, common name the lined top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lined-top-shell
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lined Top Shell

> Phorcus lineatus — Other animals. Phorcus lineatus, common name the lined top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

- Scientific name: *Phorcus lineatus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 4867
- Wikidata: [Q7187373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187373)
- iNaturalist taxon: [418792](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/418792)

## Names

- en: Lined Top Shell
- de: Gestrichelte Buckelschnecke
- es: Burgado
- fr: Monodonte

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1420), FR (1365), PT (297), ES (263), IE (211), JE (43), MA (39), GG (15)

## Summary

Phorcus lineatus, common name the lined top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. It is native to shores of the eastern North Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorcus_lineatus

## Photo

![Lined Top Shell](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lined-top-shell/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Holt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183068484

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lined-top-shell?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).