Erato (gastropod)

Erato
Erato sandwicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Erato
Risso, 1826[1]
Species

See text

Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias. [2]

The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato.

Species

Species within the genus Erato include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
[4]

References

  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. 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
  3. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=73171
  4. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=Erato&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search
  5. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=151850&term=Erato+lactea
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