Aplus

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

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Murex (Aplus) De Gregorio, 1885 superseded combination

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• † Aplus mariae (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890): synonym of † Tethyspollia mariae (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890) (superseded combination)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