Genus Williamia Monterosato, 1884

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Genus Williamia Monterosato, 1884

Williamia Monterosato, T.A.di 1884. Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie Mediterranee. Palermo : Stabilamento Tipigrafico Verzi 152 pp. [150].
Type species:
Ancylus gussonii Costa, 1829 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Marshall, B.A. 1981. The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492 [487].
Brondelia Bourguignat, J.R. 1862. Notices monographiques sur les genres Gundlachia, Poeyie et Brondelia. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. Paris 2 14: 12-23 [20].
Type species:
Ancylus drouetianus Bourguignat, 1854 by subsequent designation, see Thiele, J. 1931. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2 pp. 377-778. (see Marshall 1981).
Secondary source:
Marshall, B.A. 1981. The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492 [487].
Allerya Morch, O.A.L. 1877. Observations sur l'Ancylus gussoni, Costa et le nouveau sous-genre Allerya. Journal de Conchyliologie 25: 209-211 [209] [non Bourguignat, 1876; suppressed by ICZN - see Marshall, 1981].
Type species:
Ancylus gussonii Costa, 1829 by subsequent designation, see Marshall, B.A. 1981. The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492 [487].
Scutum Monterosato, T.A. di 1877. Notizie sulle conchiglie della radi di Civitavecchia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 9: 407-428 [421] [non Tournouer, 1869].
Type species:
Ancylus gussonii Costa, 1829 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Marshall, B.A. 1981. The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492 [487].
Parascutum Cossmann. M. 1891. Catalogue illustre des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocene des environs de Paris. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 26: 3-76 [74].
Type species:
Ancylus gussonii Costa, 1829 by original designation.
Roya Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [218].
Type species:
Roya kermadecensis Iredale, 1912 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Marshall, B.A. 1981. The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492 [487]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Distribution References

Marshall, B.A. 1981. The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 487-492 [488]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Aug-2013	MODIFIED

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory