''Buccipagoda'' is a

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, the true whelks. It was first described in 1982 under the genus name ''Kapala'' by

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, but the genus name had already been used. Hence, a replacement name was needed and given in 2010. The type species is '' Buccipagoda kengrahami'' (Ponder, 1982), formerly ''Kapala kengrahami''. The genus is

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to Australia and found in the coastal waters of

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, and

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, on the continental slopes in mud and silt at depths of up to 457 m.

Species

Species within the genus ''Buccipagoda'' include: *'' Buccipagoda achilles'' *'' Buccipagoda kengrahami'' *'' Buccipagoda ponderi'' *''Buccipagoda bathybius'' accepted as '' Sagenotriton bathybius'' *''Buccipagoda bonaespei'' accepted as '' Sagenotriton bonaespei''

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Buccinidae Gastropod genera Gastropods described in 1982 Taxa named by Winston Ponder {{Buccinidae-stub