Williamia radiata nutata

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Williamia radiata nutata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Siphonarioidea
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Williamia
Species:W. radiata
Subspecies:W. radiata nutata
Trinomial name
Williamia radiata nutata
Hedley, 1908
Synonyms [1]
  • Roya kermadecensis Iredale, 1912
  • Capulus nutatus Hedley, 1908
  • Williamia nutata (Hedley, 1908)

Williamia radiata nutata is a subspecies of small sea snail or saltwater limpet with a lung, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the marine pulmonate limpets. [1]

Subspecies taxonomic rank subordinate to species

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to one of two or more populations of a species living in different subdivisions of the species' range and varying from one another by morphological characteristics. A single subspecies cannot be recognized independently: a species is either recognized as having no subspecies at all or at least two, including any that are extinct. The term is abbreviated subsp. in botany and bacteriology, ssp. in zoology. The plural is the same as the singular: subspecies.

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

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Limpet

Limpets are aquatic snails with a shell that is broadly conical in shape and a strong, muscular foot.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Williamia radiata nutata (Hedley, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559220 on 2012-04-11

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