North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846)

AphiaID

888425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888425)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Aplus scacchianus (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Rank

Species

Parent

Aplus De Gregorio, 1885

Original name

Buccinum assimile Reeve, 1846

Synonymised names

Pollia assimilis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Buccinum assimile Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Buccinum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-12, December 1846; pl. 13-14, February 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823
page(s): pl. 12 fig. 90 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888425 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=888425 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-10-23 08:53:48Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-04-01 01:06:34Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Buccinum assimile Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Buccinum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-12, December 1846; pl. 13-14, February 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823
page(s): pl. 12 fig. 90 [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 Delongueville, C. & Scaillet, R. (2020). Présence ignorée de Aplus assimilis (Reeve, 1846) (Gastropoda, Pisaniidae) en Méditerranée pendant quatre décennies. Novapex. 21(4): 111-115. [details]