| Erato | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Erato_prayensis_(MNHN-IM-2000-28371).jpeg)
| |
| Shell of Erato prayensis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Eratoidae |
| Genus: | Erato Risso, 1826[1] |
| Type species | |
| † Voluta cypraeola Brocchi, 1814
| |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Erato (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.
- ^ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. 439 pp., 12 plates. Paris. (Levrault).
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Erato Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137953 on 2012-07-09