Parametaria

Parametaria
Shell of Parametaria dupontii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Parametaria
Dall, 1916

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

Species

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


  • Parametaria dupontii Kiener, 1845
  • Parametaria epamella P. L. Duclos, 1846
  • Parametaria ledaluciae Rios & Tostes, 1981
  • Parametaria macrostoma (Reeve, 1859)
  • Parametaria philippinarum L. A. Reeve, 1843

References

  • 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.


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