Williamia
Genus of gastropods
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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.[1]
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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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Their development is similar to other Siphonariids.[2]
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 nutata (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