North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Aplus De Gregorio, 1885

AphiaID

766844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766844)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pisaniidae J. E. Gray, 1857

Original name

Murex (Aplus) De Gregorio, 1885

Direct children (9)

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Species Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884)
Species Aplus dissimilis Nappo & Stahlschmidt, 2026
Species Aplus dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Aplus gaillardoti (Puton, 1856)
Species Aplus nodulosus (Bivona e Bernardi, 1832)
Species Aplus scacchianus (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Species Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Aplus scacchianus (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Species Aplus campisii (Ardovini, 2015) accepted as Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Aplus scaber (Locard, 1891) accepted as Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of ) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 279 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplus De Gregorio, 1885. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=766844 on 2026-08-29

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aplus De Gregorio, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=766844 on 2026-08-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-07-12 20:56:28Z

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Gofas, Serge

2016-10-23 08:53:48Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-01-09 15:43:08Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2021-05-06 16:32:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-10-14 07:09:25Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description (of ) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 279 [details]

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04422.12A [details]

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 [details]

subsequent type designation Vokes, E. H. (1971). Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 61: 1-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10584582
page(s): 83 [details]

Definitions

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