Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eratoidae, the trivias and allies.
The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato.
Species
Species within the genus Erato include:
- â Erato andecavica <small>Schilder, 1933</small>
- â Erato aquitanica <small>F. A. Schilder, 1932</small>
- â Erato britannica <small>Schilder, 1933</small>
- â Erato clifdenensis <small>Laws, 1935</small>
- â Erato cooperi <small>Fehse & Landau, 2002</small>
- â Erato crassa <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato cypraeola <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small>
- â Erato fragilis <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato incrassata <small>Coppi, 1876</small>
- â Erato italica <small>F. A. Schilder, 1932</small>
- â Erato kimakowiczi <small>O. Boettger, 1884</small>
- â Erato laevilabiata <small>Sacco, 1894</small>
- â Erato lozoueti <small>Fehse, 2018</small>
- â Erato marshalli <small>Marwick, 1929</small>
- Erato oligostata <small>Dall, 1902</small>
- â Erato pinguis <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato planulosa <small>Sacco, 1894</small>
- â Erato praecedens <small>F. A. Schilder, 1933</small>
- â Erato praecursor <small>Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905</small>
- Erato prayensis <small>Rochebrune, 1882</small>
- Erato princeps <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato prodromos <small>Fehse, 2018</small>
- â Erato prokimakowiczi <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato prolaevis <small>Sacco, 1894</small>
- â Erato quasiplanulosa <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato senecta <small>R. Murdoch, 1924</small>
- â Erato subcypraeola <small>d'Orbigny, 1852</small>
- â Erato submorosa <small>Laws, 1935</small>
- â Erato tenuipustulata <small>Fehse, 2020</small>
- â Erato transiens <small>Boettger, 1884</small>
- â Erato uniplicata <small>Depontaillier, 1881</small>
- Erato voluta <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>
- â Erato vulcania <small>Marwick, 1926</small>
- â Erato waitakiensis <small>Laws, 1935</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- * Erato albescens <small>Dall, 1905</small> - whitish erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina <small>(Hinds, 1844)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Erato africana <small>Fehse, 2016</small>: synonym of Erato prayensis <small>Rochebrune, 1882</small>
- Erato angistoma <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1832</small>: synonym of Alaerato angistoma <small>(Sowerby II, 1832)</small>
- Erato bimaculata <small>Tate, 1878</small>: synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata <small>(Tate, 1878)</small>
- Erato columbella <small>Menke, 1847</small> - pigeon erato: synonym of Hespererato columbella <small>(Menke, 1847)</small>
- Erato cypraeoides <small>C. B. Adams, 1845</small>: synonym of Pachybathron cypraeoides <small>(C. B. Adams, 1845)</small>
- Erato edentula <small>Bozzetti, 2009</small>: synonym of Sulcerato recondita <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1903)</small> (probable synonym)
- Erato gallinacea <small>(Hinds, 1844)</small>: synonym of Alaerato gallinacea <small>(Hinds, 1844)</small>
- Erato grata <small>T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997</small>: synonym of Eratoena grata <small>(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)</small>
- Erato guttula <small>Sowerby, 1832</small>: synonym of Serrata guttula <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
- Erato haematina <small>Sowerby, 1859</small>: synonym of Eratoidea hematita <small>(Kiener, 1834)</small>
- Erato inhanbanensis <small>Bozzetti, 2009</small>: synonym of Sulcerato recondita <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1903)</small> (probable synonym)
- Erato lachryma <small>Sowerby, 1832</small>: synonym of Proterato lachryma <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
- Erato lactea <small>Hutton, 1880</small>: synonym of Austroginella muscaria <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Erato laevis <small>non Donovan, 1804</small>, Erato maugeriae <small>Gray, 1832</small> (green erato) and Erato venezuelana <small>Weisbord, 1962</small> are synonyms for Hespererato maugeriae <small>(Gray, 1832)</small>
- Erato mactanica <small>T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997</small>: synonym of Alaerato mactanica <small>(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)</small>
- Erato nana <small>Duclos in Reeve, 1865</small>: synonym of Eratoena nana <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)</small>
- Erato novemprovincialis <small>Yokoyama, 1928</small>: synonym of Gibberula novemprovincialis <small>(Yokoyama, 1928)</small>
- Erato pagoboi <small>T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997</small>: synonym of Eratoena pagoboi <small>(T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)</small>
- Erato panamensis <small>Carpenter, 1856</small>: synonym of Archierato panamaensis <small>(Carpenter, 1856)</small>
- Erato recondita <small>Melvill & Standen, 1903</small>: synonym of Proterato recondita <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1903)</small>
- Erato sandwicensis <small>Pease, 1860</small>: synonym of Eratoena sandwichensis <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)</small> (original combination)
- Erato sulcifera <small>Gray in Sowerby, 1832</small>: synonym of Eratoena sulcifera <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
- Erato tetatua <small>Hart, 1996</small>: synonym of Trivellona valerieae <small>(Hart, 1996)</small>
- Erato vitellina <small>(Hinds, 1844)</small> - appleseed erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina <small>(Hinds, 1844)</small>
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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. 180âÂÂ213