Parametaria

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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

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

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