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]

• † 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, 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

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• * Erato albescens Dall, 1905 - whitish erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) (junior subjective synonym)
• Erato africana Fehse, 2016: synonym of Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 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, 1844): synonym of Alaerato gallinacea (Hinds, 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 (Kiener, 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, 1822)^[5]
• Erato laevis non Donovan, 1804, Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832 (green erato) and Erato venezuelana Weisbord, 1962 are synonyms for Hespererato maugeriae (Gray, 1832)
• Erato mactanica T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Alaerato mactanica (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
• Erato nana Duclos in Reeve, 1865: synonym of Eratoena nana (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
• Erato novemprovincialis Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Gibberula novemprovincialis (Yokoyama, 1928)
• Erato pagoboi T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena pagoboi (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
• Erato panamensis Carpenter, 1856: synonym of Archierato panamaensis (Carpenter, 1856)
• Erato recondita Melvill & Standen, 1903: synonym of Proterato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Erato sandwicensis Pease, 1860:^[6] 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). 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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