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:
Species brought into synonymy:
- Williamia galapagana <small>Dall</small> : synonym of Williamia peltoides <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Williamia gussonii <small>(O. G. Costa, 1829)</small>: synonym of Williamia gussoni <small>(Costa O. G., 1829)</small>
- Williamia japonica <small>Habe, 1962</small>: synonym of Williamia radiata <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
- Williamia kermadecensis <small>(Iredale, 1912)</small>: synonym of Williamia radiata <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
- Williamia nutata <small>(Headley, 1908)</small>: synonym of Williamia radiata nutata <small>(Headley, 1908)</small>
- Williamia oblongata <small>(Yokoyama, 1926)</small>: synonym of Siphonacmea oblongata <small>(Yokoyama, 1926)</small>
- Williamia polynesica <small>Rehder, 1980</small>: synonym of Williamia radiata <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
- Williamia radiata <small>Kuroda & Habe, in Habe, 1961</small>: synonym of Williamia radiata <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
- Williamia tomlini <small>(Robson, 1913)</small>: synonym of Aporemodon tomlini <small>Robson, 1913</small>
References
- Discover Life
- Marshall B.A. (1981) The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492