†Meta islahispaniolae Maury 1917 (dove shell)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Belongs to Meta according to C. J. Maury 1917
Sister taxa: Parametaria (Dominitaria), Parametaria rutschi, Meta perplexabilis
Type specimen: Holotype (no number), a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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