''Proterato'' is a
genus
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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 ...
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 and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Proterato'' include:
* † ''
Proterato awamoana''
Schilder, 1933
* ''
Proterato denticulata''
(Pritchard & Gatliff, 1901)
* † ''
Proterato dubia''
(Hutton, 1873)
* ''
Proterato hindlei''
(Ladd, 1977)
* ''
Proterato lachryma''
(Gray, 1832)
* † ''
Proterato neozelanica''
(Suter, 1917)
* † ''
Proterato pliocenica''
C. A. Fleming, 1943
* ''
Proterato pulcherrima''
Fehse, 2015
* ''
Proterato renkerorum''
Fehse, 2015
* † ''
Proterato waiauensis''
(Laws, 1935)
;Synonymized species :
* ''Proterato bimaculata''
(Tate, 1878): synonym of ''
Cypraeerato bimaculata''
(Tate, 1878)
* ''Proterato boucheti''
Drivas & Jay, 1986: synonym of ''
Cypraeerato boucheti''
(Drivas & Jay, 1986) (original combination)
* ''Proterato callosa''
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of ''
Hespererato scabriuscula'' (
Gray, 1832)
* ''Proterato capensis''
Schilder, 1933 : synonym of ''
Eratoena sulcifera''
(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 ...
in Sowerby, 1832)
* ''Proterato gemma''
(Bavay, 1917): synonym of ''
Eratoena gemma''
(Bavay, 1917)
* ''Proterato geralia''
C. N. Cate, 1977: synonym of ''
Cypraeerato geralia''
(C. N. Cate, 1977) (original combination)
* ''Proterato limata''
X.-T. Ma, 1994: synonym of ''
Hydroginella limata
''Hydroginella'' is a genus of marginellid minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
'' Hydroginella caledonica'' (Jousseaume, 1876) can parasitize sleeping ...
''
(Ma, 1994) (original combination)
* ''Proterato olivaria''
(Melvill, 1899): synonym of ''
Eratopsis olivaria''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''Proterato pura''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971): synonym of ''
Sulcerato pellucida''
(Reeve, 1865)
* ''Proterato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym o''f
Sulcerato recondita''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* ''Proterato rehderi''
Raines, 2002: synonym of ''Hespererato rehderi''
(Raines, 2002): synonym of ''
Sulcerato rehderi''
(Raines, 2002) (original combination)
* ''Proterato sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859): synonym of ''
Eratoena sandwichensis''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''Proterato smithi''
F. A. Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''
Eratoena smithi''
(F. A. Schilder, 1933)
* ''Proterato stalagmia''
C. N. Cate, 1975: synonym of ''
Cypraeerato stalagmia''
(C. N. Cate, 1975) (original combination)
* ''Proterato sulcifera''
Gray
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:
synonym of ''
Eratoena sulcifera''
(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 ...
in Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Life
He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his f ...
, 1832)
* ''Proterato tomlini''
Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''
Sulcerato tomlini''
(Schilder, 1933)
References
External links
Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91A(10): 1-171 Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23
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Eratoidae