Erato (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Triviidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Velutinoidea Scientific name Erato Higher classification Triviidae

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

Erato (gastropod) Wikipedia

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