Erato (mollusc genus)
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Erato is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Triviidae
, the trivias.
The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato
.
subgenus Erato:
subgenus Eratopsis Hoernes & Auinger, 1880:
Synonyms:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Triviidae
Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Taxonomy:The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005:*Eratoinae Gill, 1871**tribe Eratoini Gill, 1871...
, the trivias.
The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato
Erato
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica....
.
Species
Species within the genus Erato include:- Erato albescens Dall, 1905 - whitish erato
- Erato columbella Menke, 1847 - pigeon erato
- Erato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) - appleseed erato
- Erato volutaErato volutaErato voluta is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias....
(Montagu, 1803)
subgenus Erato:
- Erato transiens Boettger, 1884
- Erato mactanica Cossignani & Cossignani, 1997
- Erato grata Cossignani & Cossignani, 1997
- Erato pagoboi Cossignani, 1997
subgenus Eratopsis Hoernes & Auinger, 1880:
- Erato (Eratopsis) oligostata Dall, 1902
Synonyms:
- Erato cypraeoides C. B. Adams, 1845 is an synonym for Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Erato haematina Sowerby II, 1859 is an synonym for Eratoidea hematitaEratoidea hematitaEratoidea hematita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails....
(Kiener, 1834) - Erato lactea HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1880 is an synonym for Austroginella muscaria (Lamarck, 1822) - Erato laevis non Donovan, 1804, Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832 (green erato) and Erato venezuelana Weisbord, 1962 are synonyms for Hespererato maugeriaeHespererato maugeriaeHespererato maugeriae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias....
(Gray, 1832)