Proterato


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
  • † Proterato dubia Proterato hindlei Proterato lachryma
  • † Proterato neozelanica
  • † Proterato pliocenica C. A. Fleming, 1943 Proterato pulcherrima Fehse, 2015Proterato renkerorum Fehse, 2015
  • † Proterato waiauensis
;Synonymized species : Proterato bimaculata : synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata Proterato boucheti Drivas & Jay, 1986: synonym of Cypraeerato boucheti Proterato callosa : synonym of Hespererato scabriuscula Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933 : synonym of Eratoena sulcifera Proterato gemma : synonym of Eratoena gemma Proterato geralia C. N. Cate, 1977: synonym of Cypraeerato geralia Proterato limata X.-T. Ma, 1994: synonym of Hydroginella limata Proterato olivaria : synonym of Eratopsis olivaria Proterato pura : synonym of Sulcerato pellucida Proterato recondita : synonym of Sulcerato recondita Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002: synonym of Hespererato rehderi : synonym of Sulcerato rehderi Proterato sandwichensis : synonym of Eratoena sandwichensis Proterato smithi F. A. Schilder, 1933: synonym of Eratoena smithi Proterato stalagmia C. N. Cate, 1975: synonym of Cypraeerato stalagmia Proterato sulcifera Gray: synonym of Eratoena sulcifera Proterato tomlini Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''Sulcerato tomlini''