title: Erato (gastropod)
text: # Erato (gastropod)
  
  Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eratoidae, the trivias and allies.
  
  The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Erato include:
  
  * † Erato andecavica Schilder, 1933
  * † Erato aquitanica F. A. Schilder, 1932
  * † Erato britannica Schilder, 1933
  * † Erato clifdenensis Laws, 1935
  * † Erato cooperi Fehse & Landau, 2002
  * † Erato crassa Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato cypraeola (Brocchi, 1814)
  * † Erato fragilis Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato incrassata Coppi, 1876
  * † Erato italica F. A. Schilder, 1932
  * † Erato kimakowiczi O. Boettger, 1884
  * † Erato laevilabiata Sacco, 1894
  * † Erato lozoueti Fehse, 2018
  * † Erato marshalli Marwick, 1929
  * Erato oligostata Dall, 1902
  * † Erato pinguis Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato planulosa Sacco, 1894
  * † Erato praecedens F. A. Schilder, 1933
  * † Erato praecursor Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905
  * Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882
  * Erato princeps Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato prodromos Fehse, 2018
  * † Erato prokimakowiczi Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato prolaevis Sacco, 1894
  * † Erato quasiplanulosa Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato senecta R. Murdoch, 1924
  * † Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny, 1852
  * † Erato submorosa Laws, 1935
  * † Erato tenuipustulata Fehse, 2020
  * † Erato transiens Boettger, 1884
  * † Erato uniplicata Depontaillier, 1881
  * Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
  * † Erato vulcania Marwick, 1926
  * † Erato waitakiensis Laws, 1935
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * * Erato albescens Dall, 1905 - whitish erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) (junior subjective synonym)
  * Erato africana Fehse, 2016: synonym of Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882
  * Erato angistoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1832: synonym of Alaerato angistoma (Sowerby II, 1832)
  * Erato bimaculata Tate, 1878: synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878)
  * Erato columbella Menke, 1847 - pigeon erato: synonym of Hespererato columbella (Menke, 1847)
  * Erato cypraeoides C. B. Adams, 1845: synonym of Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  * Erato edentula Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym)
  * Erato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Alaerato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844)
  * Erato grata T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena grata (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
  * Erato guttula Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Serrata guttula (Sowerby, 1832)
  * Erato haematina Sowerby, 1859: synonym of Eratoidea hematita (Kiener, 1834)
  * Erato inhanbanensis Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym)
  * Erato lachryma Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Proterato lachryma (Sowerby, 1832)
  * Erato lactea Hutton, 1880: synonym of Austroginella muscaria (Lamarck, 1822)
  * Erato laevis non Donovan, 1804, Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832 (green erato) and Erato venezuelana Weisbord, 1962 are synonyms for Hespererato maugeriae (Gray, 1832)
  * Erato mactanica T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Alaerato mactanica (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
  * Erato nana Duclos in Reeve, 1865: synonym of Eratoena nana (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
  * Erato novemprovincialis Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Gibberula novemprovincialis (Yokoyama, 1928)
  * Erato pagoboi T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena pagoboi (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
  * Erato panamensis Carpenter, 1856: synonym of Archierato panamaensis (Carpenter, 1856)
  * Erato recondita Melvill & Standen, 1903: synonym of Proterato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  * Erato sandwicensis Pease, 1860: synonym of Eratoena sandwichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) (original combination)
  * Erato sulcifera Gray in Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Sowerby, 1832)
  * Erato tetatua Hart, 1996: synonym of Trivellona valerieae (Hart, 1996)
  * Erato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) - appleseed erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)
  