Eratoidae
Family of gastropods
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Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea.[1]
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| Shell of Alaerato elizabethae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Eratoidae Gill, 1871 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Genera
- Alaerato C. N. Cate, 1977
- Archierato Schilder, 1933 †
- Bellerato Maxwell, 1992 †
- Cypraeerato Schilder, 1933
- Erato Risso, 1826
- Eratoena Iredale, 1935
- Eratopsis R. Hoernes, 1880
- Hespererato Schilder, 1933
- Lachryma Gray, 1832
- Notoficula Thiele, 1917
- Praealaerato Fehse, 2018 †
- Proterato Schilder, 1927
- Sulcerato Finlay, 1930
- Synonyms
- Subfamily Eratoinae Gill, 1871 accepted as Eratoidae Gill, 1871
- Tribe Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936 † accepted as Eratoidae Gill, 1871
- Tribe Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939 † accepted as Eratoidae Gill, 1871
- Genus Proerato [sic] accepted as Proterato Schilder, 1927 (misspelling)