WoRMS taxon details
Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789)
419533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419533)
accepted
Species
Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted (original combination)
Planaxis nucleola Mörch, 1876 · unaccepted
Planaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Planaxis semisulcatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 · unaccepted
Purpura nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 254 [details]
page(s): 254 [details]
Type locality contained in Barbados
type locality contained in Barbados [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution From Palm Beach Inlet, Florida, in the north, to the northern coast of South America, from Veracruz, Mexico in the west and...
Distribution From Palm Beach Inlet, Florida, in the north, to the northern coast of South America, from Veracruz, Mexico in the west and as far east as Trinidad and Tobago off Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the Antillean Arc. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419533 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Planaxis semisulcatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): [pl. 73] fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Planaxis nucleola Mörch, 1876) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 23: 45-58, 87-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854452
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Strong E.E. & Bouchet P. (2020). Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of <i>Supplanaxis</i> in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 991: 85-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521
page(s): 90, figs 2, 3A, 4A–G, 5, 7A–L [details]
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Planaxis semisulcatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1823) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): [pl. 73] fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Planaxis nucleola Mörch, 1876) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 23: 45-58, 87-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854452
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Strong E.E. & Bouchet P. (2020). Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of <i>Supplanaxis</i> in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 991: 85-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521
page(s): 90, figs 2, 3A, 4A–G, 5, 7A–L [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]





From editor or global species database
Distribution From Palm Beach Inlet, Florida, in the north, to the northern coast of South America, from Veracruz, Mexico in the west and as far east as Trinidad and Tobago off Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the Antillean Arc. [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Planaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Supplanaxis nucleus)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789)
To Malacopics (Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-35804) (from synonym Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Planaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Supplanaxis nucleus)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789)
To Malacopics (Supplanaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-35804) (from synonym Buccinum nucleus Bruguière, 1789)
To ITIS