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Eratoidae

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Eratoidae
Shell of Alaerato elizabethae (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
Gill, 1871
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Eratoinae Gill, 1871
  • Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936
  • Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939

Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .[1]

Genera

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Synonyms
  • Subfamily Eratoinae Gill, 1871 accepted as Eratoidae Gill, 1871
  • Tribe Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936 † accepted as Eratoidae Gill, 1871
  • Tribe Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939 † accepted as Eratoidae Gill, 1871
  • Genus Proerato [sic] accepted as Proterato Schilder, 1927 (misspelling)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23036 on 2018-07-18
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.