Aplus gaillardoti
| Aplus gaillardoti | |
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| Shell of Aplus gaillardoti (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Aplus |
| Species: | A. gaillardoti |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplus gaillardoti (Puton, 1856) | |
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Aplus gaillardoti, common name the similar buccinum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
Description
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The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter is 8 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
References
[edit]- ↑ Pollia gaillardoti (Puton, 1856). 9 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
[edit]- Puton, E. (1856). "Lettre au docteur Mougeot sur les Mollusques de Syrie, envoyés au musée des Vosges par M. le docteur Gaillardot". Annales de la Société d'Émulation du Département des Vosges: 224–225. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- 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
- Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). "Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves". Fishes. 10 (8): 383.
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