''Sulcerato'' is a
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of small
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sulcerato Finlay, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596967 on 2022-07-12]
Species
* ''
Sulcerato haplochila''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* † ''
Sulcerato illota''
(Tate, 1890)
* ''
Sulcerato pagoboi''
(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* ''
Sulcerato pellucida''
(Reeve, 1865)
* ''
Sulcerato rapa''
Fehse, 2020
* ''
Sulcerato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* ''
Sulcerato tomlini''
(Schilder, 1933)
;Synonyms:
* ''Sulcerato galapagensis''
(F. Schilder, 1933): synonym of ''
Archierato galapagensis
''Archierato galapagensis'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Era ...
''
(Schilder, 1933)
* ''Sulcerato sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859): synonym of ''
Eratoena sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''Sulcerato stalagmia''
(C. N. Cate, 1975): synonym of ''
Cypraeerato stalagmia''
(C. N. Cate, 1975)
;Taxon inquirednum:
* ''
Sulcerato rehderi''
(Raines, 2002)
References
External links
Finlay H.J. (1930). Invalid molluscan names. No. 1. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 37-48
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Eratoidae