''Hespererato'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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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 ...
, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hespererato'' include:
* † ''
Hespererato ampulla''
(Deshayes, 1835)
* † ''
Hespererato emmonsi''
(Whitfield, 1894)
* † ''
Hespererato marqueti''
Fehse & Landau, 2002
* ''
Hespererato nanhaiensis''
Ma, 1994
* ''
Hespererato rubra''
Fehse, 2016
* ''
Hespererato scabriuscula''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* ''
Hespererato vitellina''
(Hinds
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, 1844)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Hespererato columbella''
( Menke, 1847): synonym of ''
Archierato columbella''
(Menke, 1847)
* ''Hespererato galapagensis''
Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''
Archierato galapagensis
''Archierato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 18 ...
''
(Schilder, 1933)
* ''Hespererato marginata''
(Mörch, 1860): synonym of ''
Archierato columbella''
(Menke, 1847)
* ''Hespererato martinicensis''
Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''
Archierato martinicensis
''Archierato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 18 ...
''
(Schilder, 1933)
* ''Hespererato maugeriae''
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1832):
synonym of ''
Archierato maugeriae
''Archierato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 18 ...
''
(Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* ''Hespererato pallida''
Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012: synonym of ''
Eratoidea watsoni''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''Hespererato rehderi''
(Raines, 2002): synonym of ''
Sulcerato rehderi
''Sulcerato'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 187 ...
''
(Raines, 2002)
* ''Hespererato septentrionalis''
Cate, 1977: synonym of ''
Eratoena septentrionalis''
(Cate, 1977)
* † ''Hespererato zevitellina''
Laws, 1941: synonym of † ''
Bellerato zevitellina''
(Laws, 1941)
References
Eratoidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Richard Brinsley Hinds
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