# Aplus
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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Aplus assimilis 01.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Aplus assimilis](/source/Aplus_assimilis)'' shell
|taxon = Aplus
|authority = [De Gregorio](/source/Antonio_de_Gregorio), 1885
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
|synonyms = ''Murex (Aplus)'' De Gregorio, 1885 superseded combination
|display_parents= 3
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'''''Aplus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusc)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pisaniidae](/source/Pisaniidae).[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]
==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.[[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}}]
==Distribution==
Species of this genus occur in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.[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](/source/Scientia_Marina)'' '''80'''(4): 521-533. {{doi|10.3989/scimar.04422.12A}}.]
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Aplus'' include:
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* † ''[Aplus abessensis](/source/Aplus_abessensis)'' Lozouet, 2021
* † ''[Aplus aequicostatus](/source/Aplus_aequicostatus)'' (Bellardi, 1873)
* † ''[Aplus anatolicus](/source/Aplus_anatolicus)'' Harzhauser & Landau, 2024
* † ''[Aplus andrei](/source/Aplus_andrei)'' (Basterot, 1825)
* † ''[Aplus aquitanensis](/source/Aplus_aquitanensis)'' (Peyrot, 1927)
* ''[Aplus assimilis](/source/Aplus_assimilis)'' (Reeve, 1846)
* † ''[Aplus cancellaroides](/source/Aplus_cancellaroides)'' (Basterot, 1825)
* ''[Aplus coccineus](/source/Aplus_coccineus)'' (Monterosato, 1884)
* † ''[Aplus dispar](/source/Aplus_dispar)'' (Millet, 1865) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of ''Nassa dispar'' A. Adams, 1852)
* ''[Aplus dorbignyi](/source/Aplus_dorbignyi)'' (Payraudeau, 1826)
* † ''[Aplus exsculptus](/source/Aplus_exsculptus)'' (Dujardin, 1837)
* ''[Aplus gaillardoti](/source/Aplus_gaillardoti)'' (Puton, 1856)
* † ''[Aplus grandiculus](/source/Aplus_grandiculus)'' Lozouet, 2021
* † ''[Aplus hofae](/source/Aplus_hofae)'' Harzhauser & Landau, 2024
* † ''[Aplus lapugyensis](/source/Aplus_lapugyensis)'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
* † ''[Aplus littoralis](/source/Aplus_littoralis)'' Lozouet, 2021
* † ''[Aplus minusculus](/source/Aplus_minusculus)'' (Peyrot, 1928)
* † ''[Aplus minutulus](/source/Aplus_minutulus)'' (Bałuk, 1995)
* † ''[Aplus moravicus](/source/Aplus_moravicus)'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
* † ''[Aplus nilus](/source/Aplus_nilus)'' (De Gregorio, 1885)
* ''[Aplus nodulosus](/source/Aplus_nodulosus)'' (Bivona e Bernardi, 1832)
* † ''[Aplus pseudoaquitanensis](/source/Aplus_pseudoaquitanensis)'' Lozouet, 2021
* † ''[Aplus pseudoassimilis](/source/Aplus_pseudoassimilis)'' Brunetti & Della Bella, 2016
* ''[Aplus ranellaeformis](/source/Aplus_ranellaeformis)'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
* † ''[Aplus raveni](/source/Aplus_raveni)'' Landau & Harzhauser, 2024
* † ''[Aplus scaber](/source/Aplus_scaber)'' (Millet, 1865)
* ''[Aplus scacchianus](/source/Aplus_scacchianus)'' (Philippi, 1844)
* † ''[Aplus subpusillus](/source/Aplus_subpusillus)'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
* † ''[Aplus transsylvanicus](/source/Aplus_transsylvanicus)'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890)
* † ''[Aplus volhynicus](/source/Aplus_volhynicus)'' (Friedberg, 1912)
* † ''[Aplus wimmeri](/source/Aplus_wimmeri)'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1880)
* † ''[Aplus zebus](/source/Aplus_zebus)'' (De Gregorio, 1885)
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==Synonyms==
* ''Aplus campisii'' (Ardovini, 2015): synonym of ''Aplus coccineus'' (Monterosato, 1884)
* † ''Aplus mariae'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890): synonym of † ''[Tethyspollia mariae](/source/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](/source/Monostiolum_varians)'' (Michelotti, 1847)
==References==
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* 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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