| Proterato | |
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| Shell of Proterato hindlei (fossil) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Eratoidae |
| Genus: | Proterato Schilder, 1927 |
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| † Erato neozelanica Suter, 1917 | |
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Proterato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, 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 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 (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 of 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: synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in Sowerby I, 1832)
- Proterato tomlini Schilder, 1933: synonym of Sulcerato tomlini (Schilder, 1933)
References
- ^ 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 .
- Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- Proterato sulcifera Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
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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