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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Sagenotriton (Genus)
> ajax (Species)
Images: Sagenotriton ajax Marshall & Walton, 2018
Holotype, 1337-1402 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ (NIWA 30160). 64mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Sagenotriton (Genus)
> ajax (Species)
Details: Sagenotriton ajax Marshall & Walton, 2018
Size/Grows to:
Height 65mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, southern Kermadec Ridge, Chatham Rise and off Puysegur Point, from 823-1568m
Type Data:
  • 1570 metres, S side of Hikurangi Trench, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1370-1400 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.9) 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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