Supplanaxis nucleus

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

Supplanaxis nucleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
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)

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]