Aplus

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

Synonyms

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 (superseded combination)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

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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