{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Aplus assimilis 01.jpg |image_caption = ''Aplus assimilis'' shell |taxon = Aplus |authority = De Gregorio, 1885 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = |synonyms = ''Murex (Aplus)'' <small>De Gregorio, 1885</small> superseded combination |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Aplus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.<ref>Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). ''Aplus'' De Gregorio, 1885. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine * † At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766844 on 2017-10-07</ref>
==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.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552 Gregorio, A. De. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10: 36-128 [1884], 129-288 [1885], pl. 1-5]. [https://archive.org/stream/bullettino10soci#page/278/mode/2up page 279]. {{source-attribution}}</ref>
==Distribution== Species of this genus occur in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.<ref>Aissaoui C., Puillandre N., Bouchet P., Fassio G., Modica M. V. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Cryptic diversity in Mediterranean gastropods of the genus Aplus (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae)". ''Scientia Marina'' '''80'''(4): 521-533. {{doi|10.3989/scimar.04422.12A}}.</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Aplus'' include: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * † ''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> {{div col end}}
==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== {{Reflist}} * 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
==External links== * {{cite journal |last1=Aissaoui C., Puillandre N., Bouchet P., Fassio G., Modica M.V. & Oliverio M. |title=Cryptic diversity in Mediterranean gastropods of the genus Aplus (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae). |journal=Scientia Marina |date=2016 |volume=80 |issue=4 |pages=521–533 |doi=10.3989/scimar.04422.12A |bibcode=2016ScMar..80..521A |url=https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04422.12A|hdl=11573/871607 |hdl-access=free }} * {{cite journal |last1=Vokes |first1=E.H. |title=Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |date=1971 |volume=61 |page=83 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10584582}}
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