| Proterato | |
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| Shell of Proterato hindlei (fossil) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Eratoidae |
| Genus: | Proterato Schilder, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| † Erato neozelanica Suter, 1917 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Proterato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.[1]
- ^ a b Proterato Schilder, 1927. WoRMS (2010). Proterato Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206617 on 21 January 2011 .