Parametaria Dall 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Invalid subtaxa: Columbella (Meta) Reeve 1858 [replaced name], Meta Reeve 1858 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Jung 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aesopus, Amphissa, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella

Subtaxa: Meta islahispaniolae Meta perplexabilis Parametaria (Dominitaria) Parametaria rutschi

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections), Indonesia (2), the Philippines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (3: Florida)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (14), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)

Total: 32 collections including 35 occurrences

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