Hespererato

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

Hespererato
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Eratoidae
Genus: Hespererato
Schilder, 1933
Type species
Erato vitellina
Hinds, 1844
Species

See text

Species

Species within the genus Hespererato include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Hespererato pallida Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012: synonym of Eratoidea watsoni (Dall, 1881)
  • Hespererato septentrionalis Cate, 1977: synonym of Eratoena septentrionalis (Cate, 1977)
  • Hespererato zevitellina Laws, 1941: synonym of † Bellerato zevitellina (Laws, 1941)

References

  1. Hespererato Schilder, 1933. Gofas, S. (2010). Hespererato. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415465 on 9 July 2012 .
  2. Hespererato maugeriae (Gray, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.


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