Williamia radiata nutata (Hedley, 1908)Species Images
A small limpet-like gastropod. 7mm
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Williamia radiata nutata (Hedley, 1908)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Siphonarimorpha (Superorder) > Siphonariida (Order) > Siphonarioidea (Superfamily) > Siphonariidae (Family) > Williamia (Genus) > radiata nutata (Species)
Family:
SIPHONARIIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 5mm
Synonyms:
(=Roya Iredale) (=kermadecensis Iredale)
Distribution:
Northland NZ and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.232)
- Marshall, B.A. 1981 The genus Williamia in the western Pacific (Mollusca: Siphonariidae), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.488)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.65)
- Gardner, N.W. Dec/1977 Roya kermadecensis Iredale, 1912, Poirieria, 9(3) (p.43)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.142)
- Iredale, T. 1912 New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10(3) (p.218)
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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