Eratoidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine gastropods included in the superfamily
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies, is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropods included in the clade Littorinimorpha. This superfamily had been called Cypraeacea and was named by Rafinesque in 1815.MolluscaBase (2018). Cypraeoidea ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23036 on 2018-07-18]
Genera
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Alaerato''
C. N. Cate, 1977
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Archierato''
Schilder, 1933 †
* ''
Bellerato''
Maxwell, 1992 †
* ''
Cypraeerato''
Schilder, 1933
* ''
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 ...
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Risso, 1826
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Eratoena''
Iredale, 1935
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Eratopsis''
R. Hoernes, 1880
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Hespererato''
Schilder, 1933
* ''
Lachryma''
Gray, 1832
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Notoficula''
Thiele, 1917
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Praealaerato''
Fehse, 2018 †
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Proterato''
Schilder, 1927
* ''
Sulcerato''
Finlay, 1930
;Synonyms:
* Subfamily Eratoinae
Gill, 1871 accepted as Eratoidae
Gill, 1871
* Tribe Eratotriviini
Schilder, 1936 † accepted as Eratoidae
Gill, 1871
* Tribe Johnstrupiini
Schilder, 1939 † accepted as Eratoidae
Gill, 1871
* Genus ''Proerato''
icaccepted as ''Proterato''
Schilder, 1927 (misspelling)
References
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp.
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Cypraeoidea