A review of Buccipagoda Ponder, 2010 and descriptions of new species and a new genus (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae)

ABSTRACT

This revision addresses two Southern Hemisphere genera in the family Buccinidae. Buccipagoda kengrahami (Ponder, 1982) and B. ponderi n. sp. are recognised from off southern Australia and B. achilles n. sp. from off New Zealand. Sagenotriton n. gen. is introduced for S. ajax n. sp. from off New Zealand, and S. bathybius (Bouchet & Warén, 1986) and S. bonaespei (Barnard, 1963) from off South Africa.

KEYWORDS:

• Australia
• Kapala
• New Zealand
• Sagenotriton
• South Africa

Acknowledgements

We thank the following who contributed to this publication. Wilma Blom and Severine Hannam (Auckland Museum) for images and comments on collection holdings. Andrea Crowther (South Australian Museum, Adelaide) for images and the loan of material. Wayne Florence (South African Museum, Cape Town) for information on collection holdings. David Flynn (Victoria University of Wellington) for assistance with scanning electron microscopy. Karen Gowlett-Holmes (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) for comments on Australian specimens and museum holdings. Simon Grove and Kirrily Moore (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart) for images, the loan of the holotype of Buccipagoda ponderi and comments on the Australian fauna. Virginie Héros and Manuel Caballer (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) for the image of the holotype of S. bathybius (project E-RECOLNAT: ANR-11-INBS-0004). Lisa Kirkendale and Corey Whisson (Western Australian Museum, Perth) for information on collection holdings. Sadie Mills (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington) for multiple loans of specimens and generous assistance with maps. Darryl Potter (Queensland Museum, Brisbane) and Richard Willan (Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin) for comments on the distribution of Buccipagoda kengrahami and collection holdings at their respective museums. Mandy Reid and Alison Miller (Australian Museum, Sydney) for images of the holotype of Kapala kengrahami and information on collection holdings. Andreia Salvador (The Natural History Museum, London) for images of the lectotype of Sagenotriton bonaespei. Tom Schiøtte (Zoological Museum, Copenhagen) for loan of material. Heather Smith (Auckland) and Mike Young (Riwaka) for providing images of shells from their collections. Jean-Claude Stahl and Andrew Stewart (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) for imaging of specimens and comments on New Zealand fisheries respectively. Thanks to the reviewers Winston Ponder and Hiroshi Fukuda for constructive comments on the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

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