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Genus of gastropods
Parametaria is a
genus of
sea snails ,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the
family
Columbellidae , the dove snails.
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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)
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 .