Williamia

Williamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Siphonarioidea
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Williamia
Monterosato, 1884
Species

See text.

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 limpets. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Williamia include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ a b 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