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Genus of gastropods
Williamia
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Williamia
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Type species
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Ancyclus gussoni O.G. Costa, 1829
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Synonyms
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- 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)
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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.
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Their development is similar to other Siphonariids.
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Species
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 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
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