Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Pisaniidae

Aplus De Gregorio, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Murex (Aplus)*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym

Children

Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846)
Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884)
Aplus dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
Aplus gaillardoti (Puton, 1856)
Aplus nodulosus (Bivona e Bernardi, 1832)
Aplus scacchianus (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	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
subsequent type designation	Vokes, E.H. (1971) Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 61, 1–141.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplus De Gregorio, 1885. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766844