Aplus nodulosus

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

Aplus nodulosus
Original drawing of Aplus nodulosus (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Aplus
Species:	A. nodulosus
Binomial name
Aplus nodulosus (Bivona e Bernardi, 1832)
Synonyms
Pisania nodulosa Bivona e Bernardi, 1832 (original combination)

Description

(Original description in Italian) The oval shell is nearly fusiform. It is sculptured with nodulous longitudinal folds and fine transverse striae. The whorls of the spire are slightly angulate. The columella bears an upper fold and two or three faint transverse folds below. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Cyprus)