Aplus

Aplus
Aplus assimilis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Aplus De Gregorio, 1885
Synonyms
Murex (Aplus)De Gregorio, 1885 superseded combination

Aplus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae, . ^[1]

Characteristics

(Original description in Italian) The shells are bucciniform or mitre-shaped in a somewhat rough appearance. The outer lip is thickened and toothed, the interior corrugated. The whorls are ribbed and corded. ^[2]

Distribution

Species of this genus occur in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Aplus include:

• † Aplus abessensis Lozouet, 2021
• † Aplus aequicostatus (Bellardi, 1873)
• † Aplus anatolicus Harzhauser & Landau, 2024
• † Aplus andrei (Basterot, 1825)
• † Aplus aquitanensis (Peyrot, 1927)
• Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846)
• † Aplus cancellaroides (Basterot, 1825)
• Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884)
• † Aplus dispar (Millet, 1865) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Nassa disparA. Adams, 1852)
• Aplus dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
• † Aplus exsculptus (Dujardin, 1837)
• Aplus gaillardoti (Puton, 1856)
• † Aplus grandiculus Lozouet, 2021
• † Aplus hofae Harzhauser & Landau, 2024
• † Aplus lapugyensis (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
• † Aplus littoralis Lozouet, 2021
• † Aplus minusculus (Peyrot, 1928)
• † Aplus minutulus (Bałuk, 1995)
• † Aplus moravicus (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
• † Aplus nilus (De Gregorio, 1885)
• Aplus nodulosus (Bivona e Bernardi, 1832)
• † Aplus pseudoaquitanensis Lozouet, 2021
• † Aplus pseudoassimilis Brunetti & Della Bella, 2016
• Aplus ranellaeformis (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
• † Aplus raveni Landau & Harzhauser, 2024
• † Aplus scaber (Millet, 1865)
• Aplus scacchianus (Philippi, 1844)
• † Aplus subpusillus (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
• † Aplus transsylvanicus (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
• † Aplus volhynicus (Friedberg, 1912)
• † Aplus wimmeri (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1880)
• † Aplus zebus (De Gregorio, 1885)

Synonyms

• Aplus campisii(Ardovini, 2015): synonym of Aplus coccineus(Monterosato, 1884)
• † Aplus mariae(R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890): synonym of † Tethyspollia mariae (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890) (superseded combination)
• Aplus scaber(Locard, 1891): synonym of Aplus coccineus(Monterosato, 1884) (junior subjective synonym)
• † Aplus varians(Michelotti, 1847): synonym of † Monostiolum varians (Michelotti, 1847)

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Aplus De Gregorio, 1885. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine * † At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766844 on 2017-10-07
2. Gregorio, A. De. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10: 36-128 [1884], 129-288 [1885], pl. 1-5. page 279. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Aissaoui C., Puillandre N., Bouchet P., Fassio G., Modica M. V. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Cryptic diversity in Mediterranean gastropods of the genus Aplus (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 521-533. doi : 10.3989/scimar.04422.12A.

• Brunetti M. & Della Bella G. 2014. La famiglia Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 nel Plio-Pleistocene italiano: i generi Aplus De Gregorio, 1884, Engina Gray, 1839 e Gemophos Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 (Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico, 50: 11-32

External links

• Aissaoui C., Puillandre N., Bouchet P., Fassio G., Modica M.V. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Cryptic diversity in Mediterranean gastropods of the genus Aplus (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae)". Scientia Marina. 80 (4): 521–533. Bibcode:2016ScMar..80..521A. doi:10.3989/scimar.04422.12A.
• Vokes, E.H. (1971). "Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 61: 83.