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Cypraeerato

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Cypraeerato
Shell of Cypraeerato boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Eratoidae
Genus: Cypraeerato
Schilder, 1933
Type species
Erato bimaculata Tate, 1878
Synonyms[1]

Proterato (Cypraeerato) Schilder, 1933 (original rank)

Cypraeerato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eratoidae.[1]

Nomenclature

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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

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Species within the genus Cypraeerato include :[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cypraeerato gemma (Bavay, 1917): synonym of Eratoena gemma (Bavay, 1917)

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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
  • Cernohorsky, W. O. (1971). "Fossil and Recent Cypraeaceae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand with Descriptions of New Species". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 103–129. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906165. Wikidata Q58676890.
  • Fehse, D. "Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. XIV. New Eratoids from Papua New Guinea including Kavieng, New Ireland." Neptunea 4 (2018).
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