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	Murex (Aplus) De Gregorio, 1885 superseded combination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.

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.

Distribution

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

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 dispar A. 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† Aplus mariae (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890): synonym of † Tethyspollia mariae (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890) (superseded combination)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

↑ 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
↑ 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.
↑ 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. hdl:11573/871607.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Vokes, E.H. (1971). "Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 61: 83.

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[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.

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