Parametaria dupontii
| Parametaria dupontii | |
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| Shell of Parametaria dupontii from Mexico, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Parametaria |
| Species: | P. dupontii |
| Binomial name | |
| Parametaria dupontii Kiener, 1845 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Parametaria dupontii, tre Dupont's Dove Shell or False Cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1][2]
Description
Shells of Parametaria dupontii can reach a length of about 13–28 millimetres (0.51–1.10 in).[3][4]
Distribution
This species can be found in Gulf of California and in Pacific Mexico.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 Parametaria dupontii Kiener, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ↑ Biolib
- 1 2 WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- 1 2 Gastropods
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