Parametaria

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
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

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

• Parametaria barbieri K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
• Parametaria dupontii Kiener, 1845
• Parametaria epamella P. L. Duclos, 1840
• † Parametaria islahispaniolae (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)

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  Parametaria epamella
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  Parametaria epamella
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  Parametaria philippinarum