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Williamia

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Williamia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Williamia
Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Ancyclus gussoni
O.G. Costa, 1829
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Allerya Mörch, 1877 (Invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1410)
  • Brondelia Bourguignat, 1862 (Invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1410)
  • Parascutum Cossmann, 1890
  • Roya Iredale, 1912
  • Scutulum Monterosato, 1877 (Invalid: junior homonym of Scutulum Tournouer, 1869 [Echinodermata]; Williamia and Parascutum are replacement names)

Williamia is a genus of small sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false (air-breathing) limpets.[1]

Their development is similar to other Siphonariids.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Williamia include:

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

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  1. 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
  2. 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