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Taxonomy
Family:
BUCCINOIDEA INCERTAE SEDIS
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Buccinoidea incertae sedis (Family)
> Sagenotriton (Genus)
> ajax (Species)
Images: Sagenotriton ajax Marshall & Walton, 2018
Holotype, 1337-1402 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ (NIWA 30160). 64mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BUCCINOIDEA INCERTAE SEDIS
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Buccinoidea incertae sedis (Family)
> Sagenotriton (Genus)
> ajax (Species)
Details: Sagenotriton ajax Marshall & Walton, 2018
Size/Grows to:
Height 65mm
Distribution:
From the West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, northwestern Chatham Rise and south of Puysegur Point, 823-1568 metres
Geographical Range:
AC
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.9) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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