Parametaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Parametaria
Shell of Parametaria dupontii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Parametaria
Dall, 1916
Type species
Conus dupontii Kiener, 1846
Synonyms
  • Columbella (Meta) Reeve, 1859
  • Meta Reeve, 1859 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Meta Koch, 1835 [Arachnida]; Parametaria is a replacement name)
  • Parametaria (Dominitaria) Jung, 1994 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Parametaria (Parametaria) Dall, 1916· accepted, alternate representation

Species

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Species within the genus Parametaria include:[2][3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Parametaria ledaluciae Rios & Tostes, 1981: synonym of Eurypyrene ledaluciae (Rios & Tostes, 1981)
  • Parametaria philippinarum L. A. Reeve, 1843: synonym of Parametaria epamella (Duclos, 1840)

References

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  • Reeve, L. A. (1859). Monograph of the genus Meta. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. The Nautilus. 30(3): 25-29
  • Jung, P. (1994). Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 106(344):1-45
  • de Maintenon M. J. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of the tropical American columbellid taxa Conella, Eurypyrene, and Parametaria (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Paleontology 79(3): 497–508. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0024:EMAPOH>2.0.CO;2.