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Erato (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Triviidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Velutinoidea

Scientific name
  
Erato

Higher classification
  
Triviidae

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Similar
  
Erato voluta, Gastropods, Triviidae, Molluscs, Cleotrivia

Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias.

The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato.

Species

Species within the genus Erato include:

  • Erato albescens Dall, 1905 - whitish erato
  • Erato edentula Bozzetti, 2009
  • Erato inhanbanensis Bozzetti, 2009
  • Erato nana Duclos in Reeve, 1865
  • Erato oligostata Dall, 1902
  • Erato panamensis Carpenter, 1856
  • Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882
  • † Erato transiens Boettger, 1884
  • Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Erato bimaculata Tate, 1878: synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878)
  • Erato columbella Menke, 1847 - pigeon erato: synonym of Hespererato columbella (Menke, 1847)
  • Erato cypraeoides C. B. Adams, 1845: synonym of Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Erato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Alaerato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844)
  • Erato grata T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena grata (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
  • Erato guttula G. B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Serrata guttula (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Erato haematina Sowerby II, 1859: synonym of Eratoidea hematita (Kiener, 1834)
  • Erato lachryma Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Proterato lachryma (Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Erato lactea Hutton, 1880: synonym of Austroginella muscaria (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Erato laevis non Donovan, 1804, Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832 (green erato) and Erato venezuelana Weisbord, 1962 are synonyms for Hespererato maugeriae (Gray, 1832)
  • Erato mactanica T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Alaerato mactanica (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
  • Erato novemprovincialis Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Gibberula novemprovincialis (Yokoyama, 1928)
  • Erato pagoboi T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena pagoboi (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
  • Erato recondita Melvill & Standen, 1903: synonym of Proterato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  • Erato sulcifera Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Erato tetatua Hart, 1996: synonym of Trivellona valerieae (Hart, 1996)
  • Erato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) - appleseed erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)

    • References

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