Williamia

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Siphonarioidea Scientific name Williamia Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Family Siphonariidae Higher classification Siphonariidae
Similar Siphonariidae, Gastropods, Molluscs, Siphonaria, Siphonaria pectinata

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 radiata nutata Hedley, 1908

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 (Hedley, 1908): synonym of Williamia radiata nutata (Hedley, 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

Williamia Wikipedia

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