Aplus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.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
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.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 , 129-288 , pl. 1-5. page 279.
Distribution Species of this genus occur in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.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. .
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
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
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