Erato (gastropod)

Erato
Shell of Erato prayensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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.

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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