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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Buccipagoda (Genus)
> achilles (Species)
Images: Buccipagoda achilles Marshall & Walton, 2018
Paratype, collected 18 Apr 2010, ENE of Cape Palliser, slope between Pahaua & Honeycomb canyons, NZ (M.301790). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Buccipagoda (Genus)
> achilles (Species)
Details: Buccipagoda achilles Marshall & Walton, 2018
Size/Grows to:
Height 72mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, southern Kermadec Ridge, north-western and eastern North Island, and Chatham Rise, from 865-1570m
Type Data:
  • Off Mahia Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1070-1100 metres, Head of Pahaua Canyon, ENE of Cape Palliser, NZ, (holotype)
  • ENE of Cape Palliser, NZ, (paratype)
  • 880-1050 metres, Scroll Seamount, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. 2018 A review of Buccipagoda Ponder, 2010 and descriptions of new species and a new genus (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae)
    , Molluscan Research (p.71) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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