Aplus assimilis

Aplus assimilis, common name the similar buccinum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae.^[1]

Aplus assimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Aplus
Species:	A. assimilis
Binomial name
Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
Anna assimilis (Reeve, 1846) Buccinum assimile Reeve, 1846 Cantharus assimilis (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small and oval, finely ridged across, with faint longitudinal, concentric ribbing. Its surface is yellowish, beautifully mottled with shades of purple-brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Senegal, Mauritania and Western Sahara.