Erato

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: † Erato andecavica Schilder, 1933 † Erato aquitanica F. A. Schilder, 1932 † Erato britannica Schilder, 1933 † Erato clifdenensis Laws, 1935 † Erato cooperi Fehse & Landau, 2002 † Erato crassa Fehse, 2020 † Erato cypraeola (Brocchi, 1814) † Erato fragilis Fehse, 2020 † Erato incrassata Coppi, 1876 † Erato italica F. A. Schilder, 1932 † Erato kimakowiczi O. Boettger, 1884 † Erato laevilabiata Sacco, 1894 † Erato lozoueti Fehse, 2018 † Erato marshalli Marwick, 1929 Erato oligostata Dall, 1902 † Erato pinguis Fehse, 2020 † Erato planulosa Sacco, 1894 † Erato praecedens F. A. Schilder, 1933 † Erato praecursor Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905 Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882 Erato princeps Fehse, 2020 † Erato prodromos Fehse, 2018 † Erato prokimakowiczi Fehse, 2020 † Erato prolaevis Sacco, 1894 † Erato quasiplanulosa Fehse, 2020 † Erato senecta R. Murdoch, 1924 † Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny, 1852 † Erato submorosa Laws, 1935 † Erato tenuipustulata Fehse, 2020 † Erato transiens Boettger, 1884 † Erato uniplicata Depontaillier, 1881 Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803) † Erato vulcania Marwick, 1926 † Erato waitakiensis Laws, 1935 Species brought into synonymy * Erato albescens Dall, 1905 - whitish erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) (junior subjective synonym) Erato africana Fehse, 2016: synonym of Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882 Erato angistoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1832: synonym of Alaerato angistoma (Sowerby II, 1832) Erato bimaculata Tate, 1878: synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878) Erato columbella Menke, 1847 - pigeon erato: synonym of Hespererato columbella (Menke, 1847) Erato cypraeoides C. B. Adams, 1845: synonym of Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) Erato edentula Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym) Erato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Alaerato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844) Erato grata T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena grata (T. Cossignani & V.