Williamia
| Williamia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Siphonariida |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Williamia Monterosato, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Ancyclus gussoni O.G. Costa, 1829 | |
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Williamia is a genus of small sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false (air-breathing) limpets.
Their development is similar to other Siphonariids.
Species
Species within the genus Williamia include:
- Williamia eximia (Nevill in G. & H. Nevill, 1869)
- Williamia gussoni Costa, 1829
- Williamia krebsii (Mörch, 1877)
- Williamia magellanica Dall, 1927
- Williamia peltoides (Carpenter, 1864) - shield false limpet
- Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)
- Williamia subspiralis (Carpenter, 1864)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Williamia galapagana Dall : synonym of Williamia peltoides (Carpenter, 1864)
- Williamia gussonii (O. G. Costa, 1829): synonym of Williamia gussoni (Costa O. G., 1829)
- Williamia japonica Habe, 1962: synonym of Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)
- Williamia kermadecensis (Iredale, 1912): synonym of Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)
- Williamia nutata (Headley, 1908): synonym of Williamia radiata (Headley, 1908)
- Williamia oblongata (Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of Siphonacmea oblongata (Yokoyama, 1926)
- Williamia polynesica Rehder, 1980: synonym of Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)
- Williamia radiata Kuroda & Habe, in Habe, 1961: synonym of Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)
- Williamia tomlini (Robson, 1913): synonym of Aporemodon tomlini Robson, 1913
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Williamia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138490 on 2011-02-08
- ↑ Collin, Rachel. 2000. The development of three heterobranch mollusks from California, USA. The Nautilus, 114(3): 117-119.
- "Williamia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Discover Life
- Marshall B.A. (1981) The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492