{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Columbellidae - Parametaria dupontii.jpg |image_caption = Shell of ''Parametaria dupontii'' |taxon = Parametaria |authority = Dall, 1916 |type_species= ''Conus dupontii'' <small>Kiener, 1846</small> |synonyms= * ''Columbella (Meta)'' <small>Reeve, 1859</small> * ''Meta'' <small>Reeve, 1859</small> (Invalid: Junior homonym of ''Meta'' <small>Koch, 1835</small> [Arachnida]; ''Parametaria'' is a replacement name) * † ''Parametaria (Dominitaria)'' <small>Jung, 1994</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Parametaria (Parametaria)'' <small>Dall, 1916</small>· accepted, alternate representation |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Parametaria''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|428919|''Parametaria'' ||04/17/10}}</ref> ==Species== Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id570644/ Biolib]</ref><ref>[http://www.eol.org/pages/4821158/overview Encyclopedia of life]</ref> * ''Parametaria barbieri'' <small>K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019</small> * ''Parametaria dupontii'' <small>Kiener, 1845</small> * ''Parametaria epamella'' <small>P. L. Duclos, 1840</small> * † ''Parametaria islahispaniolae'' <small>(Maury, 1917)</small> * ''Parametaria macrostoma'' <small>(Reeve, 1859)</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Parametaria ledaluciae'' <small>Rios & Tostes, 1981</small>: synonym of ''Eurypyrene ledaluciae'' <small>(Rios & Tostes, 1981)</small> * ''Parametaria philippinarum'' <small>L. A. Reeve, 1843</small>: synonym of ''Parametaria epamella'' <small>(Duclos, 1840)</small>

<gallery mode=packed heights=200px> File:Parametaria epamella 01.JPG|Parametaria epamella File:Parametaria epamella 02.JPG|Parametaria epamella File:Parametaria philippinarum 01.JPG|Parametaria philippinarum </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183320 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.] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558 Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. The Nautilus. 30(3): 25-29] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10683097 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}}.

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Category:Columbellidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by William Healey Dall

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