Supplanaxis nucleus

Supplanaxis nucleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Planaxidae
Genus: Supplanaxis
Species: S. nucleus
Binomial name
Supplanaxis nucleus
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789 (original combination)
  • Planaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Planaxis semisulcatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1823
  • Purpura nucleus (Bruguière, 1789)

Supplanaxis nucleus, common name the black Atlantic planaxis, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 17 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[2]

References

  1. Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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