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.

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

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

^ Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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