Supplanaxis niger

Supplanaxis niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Planaxidae
Genus:	Supplanaxis
Species:	S. niger
Binomial name
	Supplanaxis niger; ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
	Planaxis abbreviata Pease, 1865; Planaxis atra Pease, 1869; Planaxis nicobaricus Frauenfeld, 1866; Planaxis niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (original combination); Planaxis nigra [sic] (incorrect gender ending); Planaxis similis E. A. Smith, 1872;

Supplanaxis niger is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar.

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Supplanaxis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833642 on 2015-04-28

Quoy, J.C.R. & Gaimard, P. (1833) Mollusques. In Dumont d’Urville, M.J. (Ed.) Voyage de Découverts de l’Astrolabe, Éxécuté par Ordre du Roi Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M. J. Dumont d’ Urville. Zoologie, Tome 2. J. Tatsu
Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). New shelled molluscan species from the central Philippines I. Visaya. 4(3): 15-59.

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