''Cypraeerato'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cypraeerato Schilder, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596847 on 2020-10-06]
Nomenclature
Under ICZN Art. 13.1, the name ''Cypraeerato'' is not available from Schilder (1932), who fixed a type species, but did not provide a description.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cypraeerato'' include :
* ''
Cypraeerato bimaculata''
(Tate, 1878)
* ''
Cypraeerato boucheti''
(Drivas & Jay, 1986)
* ''
Cypraeerato geralia''
(C. N. Cate, 1977)
* ''
Cypraeerato margarita''
Fehse, 2018
* ''
Cypraeerato nitida''
Fehse, 2018
* ''
Cypraeerato rangiroa''
Fehse, 2012
* ''
Cypraeerato splendida''
Fehse, 2017
* ''
Cypraeerato stalagmia''
(C. N. Cate, 1975)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cypraeerato gemma''
(Bavay, 1917): synonym of ''
Eratoena gemma''
(Bavay, 1917)
References
*
* Fehse, D. "Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. XIV. New Eratoids from Papua New Guinea including Kavieng, New Ireland." Neptunea 4 (2018).
External links
Salvat, Bernard, and Jean Tröndlé. "Biogéographie des mollusques marins de Polynésie française." Revue d'écologie (2017).
Eratoidae
Gastropod genera
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