''Erato'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
, the trivias and allies.
[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]
The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse
Erato
In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Erato'' include:
* ''
Erato albescens''
Dall, 1905 - whitish erato
* † ''
Erato andecavica''
Schilder, 1933
* † ''
Erato aquitanica''
F. A. Schilder, 1932
* † ''
Erato britannica''
Schilder, 1933
* † ''
Erato clifdenensis''
Laws, 1935
* † ''
Erato cooperi''
Fehse & Landau, 2002
* † ''
Erato crassa''
Fehse, 2020
* † ''
Erato cypraeola''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* † ''
Erato fragilis''
Fehse, 2020
* † ''
Erato incrassata''
Coppi, 1876
* † ''
Erato italica''
F. A. Schilder, 1932
* † ''
Erato kimakowiczi''
O. Boettger, 1884
* † ''
Erato laevilabiata''
Sacco, 1894
* † ''
Erato lozoueti''
Fehse, 2018
* † ''
Erato marshalli''
Marwick, 1929
* ''
Erato oligostata''
Dall, 1902
* † ''
Erato pinguis''
Fehse, 2020
* † ''
Erato planulosa''
Sacco, 1894
* † ''
Erato praecedens''
F. A. Schilder, 1933
* † ''
Erato praecursor''
Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905
* ''
Erato prayensis''
Rochebrune Rochebrune may refer to the following places in France:
* Rochebrune, Hautes-Alpes, a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes
* Rochebrune, Drôme, a commune in the department of Drôme
* Pic de Rochebrune, a mountain of Cottian Alps
* Pic de P ...
, 1882
* ''
Erato princeps''
Fehse, 2020
* † ''
Erato prodromos''
Fehse, 2018
* † ''
Erato prokimakowiczi''
Fehse, 2020
* † ''
Erato prolaevis''
Sacco, 1894
* † ''
Erato quasiplanulosa''
Fehse, 2020
* † ''
Erato senecta''
R. Murdoch, 1924
* † ''
Erato subcypraeola''
d'Orbigny, 1852
* † ''
Erato submorosa''
Laws, 1935
* † ''
Erato tenuipustulata''
Fehse, 2020
*
† ''
Erato transiens''
Boettger, 1884
* † ''
Erato uniplicata''
Depontaillier, 1881
* ''
Erato voluta''
( Montagu, 1803)
* † ''
Erato vulcania''
Marwick, 1926
* † ''
Erato waitakiensis''
Laws, 1935
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Erato africana''
Fehse, 2016: synonym of ''
Erato prayensis''
Rochebrune Rochebrune may refer to the following places in France:
* Rochebrune, Hautes-Alpes, a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes
* Rochebrune, Drôme, a commune in the department of Drôme
* Pic de Rochebrune, a mountain of Cottian Alps
* Pic de P ...
, 1882
* ''Erato angistoma''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1832: synonym of ''
Alaerato angistoma''
(Sowerby II, 1832)
* ''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 edentula''
Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of ''
Sulcerato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym)
* ''Erato gallinacea''
(Hinds Hinds may refer to:
Deer, especially does
*Deer
People with the surname Hinds:
*Hinds (surname)
In places:
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, 1844): synonym of ''
Alaerato gallinacea''
(Hinds Hinds may refer to:
Deer, especially does
*Deer
People with the surname Hinds:
*Hinds (surname)
In places:
*Hinds, New Zealand, a small town
*Hinds County, Mississippi, a US county
*Hinds Lake, a lake in Minnesota
*Hinds River, a river that flows ...
, 1844)
* ''Erato grata''
T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of ''
Eratoena grata''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* ''Erato guttula''
Sowerby, 1832: synonym of ''
Serrata guttula''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* ''Erato haematina''
Sowerby, 1859: synonym of ''
Eratoidea hematita
''Eratoidea hematita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small, often colorful, sea snails, ...
''
(Kiener
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He was the author of the 12-volume ''Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle ...
, 1834)
* ''
Erato inhanbanensis''
Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of ''
Sulcerato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym)
* ''Erato lachryma''
Sowerby, 1832: synonym of ''
Proterato lachryma''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* ''Erato lactea''
Hutton, 1880: synonym of ''
Austroginella muscaria''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...
, 1822)
* ''Erato laevis''
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, 1804, ''Erato maugeriae''
Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1832 (green erato) and ''Erato venezuelana''
Weisbord, 1962 are synonyms for ''
Hespererato maugeriae''
(Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1832)
* ''Erato mactanica''
T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of ''
Alaerato mactanica''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* ''
Erato nana''
Duclos in Reeve
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, 1865: synonym of ''
Eratoena nana''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''Erato novemprovincialis''
Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of ''
Gibberula novemprovincialis
''Gibberula novemprovincialis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is ...
''
(Yokoyama, 1928)
* ''Erato pagoboi''
T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of ''
Eratoena pagoboi''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* ''
Erato panamensis''
Carpenter
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, 1856: synonym of ''
Archierato panamaensis
''Archierato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Archierato Schilder, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * † At: ...
''
(Carpenter, 1856)
* ''Erato recondita''
Melvill
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The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. The p ...
& Standen, 1903: synonym of ''
Proterato recondita''
(Melvill
Melville is a surname and a given name.
The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. The p ...
& Standen, 1903)
* ''
Erato sandwicensis''
Pease, 1860:
synonym of ''
Eratoena sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) (original combination)
* ''Erato sulcifera''
Gray in Sowerby, 1832: synonym of ''
Eratoena sulcifera''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* ''Erato tetatua''
Hart, 1996: synonym of ''
Trivellona valerieae''
(Hart, 1996)
* ''Erato vitellina''
(Hinds, 1844) - appleseed erato: synonym of ''
Hespererato vitellina''
(Hinds, 1844)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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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Eratoidae
Gastropod genera