''Parametaria'' is a
genus
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sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:
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* ''Parametaria barbieri
''Parametaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:
* '' Parametaria barbieri'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''Param ...
'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''Parametaria dupontii
''Parametaria dupontii'', the Dupont's dove shell or false cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
Shells of ''Parametaria dupontii'' can reach a le ...
'' Kiener, 1845
* ''Parametaria epamella
''Parametaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:
* ''Parametaria barbieri'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''Parame ...
'' P. L. Duclos, 1840
* † ''Parametaria islahispaniolae
''Parametaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:
* ''Parametaria barbieri'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''Parame ...
'' (Maury, 1917)
* '' Parametaria macrostoma'' (Reeve, 1859)
;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)
File:Parametaria epamella 01.JPG, Parametaria epamella
File:Parametaria epamella 02.JPG, Parametaria epamella
File:Parametaria philippinarum 01.JPG, Parametaria philippinarum
References
External links
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. .
Columbellidae
Gastropod genera
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