Supplanaxis nucleus

Supplanaxis nucleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
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.

Distribution

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 17 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 0 m, while the maximum recorded depth is 3 m.

References

  1. ↑ Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 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.