Cypraeerato Explained
Cypraeerato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eratoidae.[1]
Nomenclature
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
Species within the genus Cypraeerato include :
- Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878)
- Cypraeerato boucheti (Drivas & Jay, 1986)
- Cypraeerato geralia (C. N. Cate, 1977)
- Cypraeerato margarita Fehse, 2018
- Cypraeerato nitida Fehse, 2018
- Cypraeerato rangiroa Fehse, 2012
- Cypraeerato splendida Fehse, 2017
- Cypraeerato stalagmia (C. N. Cate, 1975)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Cypraeerato gemma (Bavay, 1917): synonym of Eratoena gemma (Bavay, 1917)
References
- Fehse, D. "Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. XIV. New Eratoids from Papua New Guinea including Kavieng, New Ireland." Neptunea 4 (2018).
External links
Notes and References
- 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