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
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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