''Proterato'' 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 ...
mollusk
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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 false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † ''
Proterato awamoana''
Schilder, 1933
* ''
Proterato denticulata''
(Pritchard & Gatliff, 1901)
* † ''
Proterato dubia
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
(Hutton, 1873)
* ''
Proterato hindlei
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
(Ladd, 1977)
* ''
Proterato lachryma
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
(Gray, 1832)
* † ''
Proterato neozelanica
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
(Suter, 1917)
* † ''
Proterato pliocenica
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
C. A. Fleming, 1943
* ''
Proterato pulcherrima
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
Fehse, 2015
* ''
Proterato renkerorum
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
Fehse, 2015
* † ''
Proterato waiauensis
''Proterato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † '' Proterato awamoana'' Schilder, 1933
* '' ...
''
(Laws, 1935)
;Synonymized species :
* ''Proterato bimaculata''
(Tate, 1878): synonym of ''
Cypraeerato bimaculata''
(Tate, 1878)
* ''Proterato boucheti''
Drivas & Jay, 1986: synonym of ''
Cypraeerato boucheti''
(Drivas & Jay, 1986) (original combination)
* ''Proterato callosa''
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of ''
Hespererato scabriuscula'' (
Gray, 1832)
* ''Proterato capensis''
Schilder, 1933 : synonym of ''
Eratoena sulcifera''
(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 ...
in Sowerby, 1832)
* ''Proterato gemma''
(Bavay, 1917): synonym of ''
Eratoena gemma''
(Bavay, 1917)
* ''Proterato geralia''
C. N. Cate, 1977: synonym of ''
Cypraeerato geralia''
(C. N. Cate, 1977) (original combination)
* ''Proterato limata''
X.-T. Ma, 1994: synonym of ''
Hydroginella limata
''Hydroginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
'' Hydroginella caledonica'' (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping ...
''
(Ma, 1994) (original combination)
* ''Proterato olivaria''
(Melvill, 1899): synonym of ''
Eratopsis olivaria''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''Proterato pura''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971): synonym of ''
Sulcerato pellucida''
(Reeve, 1865)
* ''Proterato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym o''f
Sulcerato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* ''Proterato rehderi''
Raines, 2002: synonym of ''Hespererato rehderi''
(Raines, 2002): synonym of ''
Sulcerato rehderi
''Sulcerato rehderi'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sulcerato rehderi (Raines, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Raines, 2002) (original combination)
* ''Proterato sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859): synonym of ''
Eratoena sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''Proterato smithi''
F. A. Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''
Eratoena smithi''
(F. A. Schilder, 1933)
* ''Proterato stalagmia''
C. N. Cate, 1975: synonym of ''
Cypraeerato stalagmia''
(C. N. Cate, 1975) (original combination)
* ''Proterato sulcifera''
Gray
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:
synonym of ''
Eratoena sulcifera''
(Gray
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in Sowerby I
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Life
He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, ...
, 1832)
* ''Proterato tomlini''
Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''
Sulcerato tomlini''
(Schilder, 1933)
References
External links
Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91A(10): 1-171
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