Erato (gastropod)

Erato
Shell of Erato prayensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Eratoidae
Genus: Erato
Risso, 1826[1]
Type species
† Voluta cypraeola
Brocchi, 1814
Species

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Synonyms[2]

Erato (Erato) Risso, 1826 ·

Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eratoidae, the trivias and allies.[2]

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

Species

Species within the genus Erato include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
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References

  1. ^ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. 439 pp., 12 plates. Paris. (Levrault).
  2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Erato Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137953 on 2012-07-09
  3. ^ "ITIS - Report: Erato".
  4. ^ "Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
  5. ^ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand te Papa Tongarewa".
  6. ^ Pease, William Harper (1860). "Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1860 (28): 18–36. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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