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| Aplus coccineus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Aplus |
| Species: | A. coccineus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aplus coccineus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
(Original description in Italian) The sculpture of the shell shows more widely spaced ribs and more prominent spiral lines. The siphonal canal is shorter and more open. The columella is distinctly tuberculate.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Italy.
References
[edit]- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplus coccineus (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1618471 on 2025-10-09
- ↑ Monterosato, T.A. di (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo: Virzi. p. 114. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in Israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 102(4-6): 227–245.
- Ardovini R. (2015). Descrizione di una nuova specie di Pollia dalla Sicilia Sud-orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 86: 12-13
External links
[edit]- Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
- Appolloni, M.; Smriglio, C.; Amati, B.; Lugliè, L.; Nofroni, I.; Tringali, L. P.; Mariottini, P.; Oliverio, M. (2018). "Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma". Zootaxa. 4477 (1): 55.
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