Aplus coccineus

Aplus coccineus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.^[1]

Aplus coccineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Aplus
Species:	A. coccineus
Binomial name
Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884)
Synonyms
Anna scabra (Locard, 1892) Aplus campisii (Ardovini, 2015) Aplus scaber (Locard, 1891) junior subjective synonym Cantharus scaber (Locard, 1892) Cantharus scaber unicolor Nordsieck, 1972 (dubious synonym) Pollia campisii Ardovini, 2015 junior subjective synonym Pollia coccinea Monterosato, 1884 Pollia scabra Locard, 1891 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

(Original description in Italian) The sculpture of the shell shows more widely spaced ribs and more prominent spiral lines. The siphonal canal is shorter and more open. The columella is distinctly tuberculate.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Italy.