Proterato

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Proterato
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Eratoidae
Genus: Proterato
Schilder, 1927
Type species
Erato neozelanica Suter, 1917
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

Proerato Schilder, 1927 (frequent error for Proterato Schilder, 1927)

Proterato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Proterato include:

  • Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002[2]
Synonymized species

References[]

  1. ^ a b Proterato Schilder, 1927. WoRMS (2010). Proterato Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206617 on 21 January 2011 .
  2. ^ Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  3. ^ Proterato sulcifera Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
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