Metulella (Thiarinella) Sacco 1890 (dove shell)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative spellings: Anachis (Thiarinella), Thiarinella
Parent taxon: Metulella according to M. C. Perrilliat 1972
See also Gardner 1948 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Metulella caronensis, Metulella dominicensis, Metulella fusiformis, Metulella venusta
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lumberton - Duplin Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)