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Erato  Risso, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 73171

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassCaenogastropoda   
                         SuperorderLatrogastropoda   
                            OrderCypraeida   
                               SuperfamilyVelutinoidea Gray, 1840  
                                  FamilyEratoidae Gill, 1871  
                                     GenusErato Risso, 1826  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesErato albescens Dall, 1905 – whitish erato 
                                        SpeciesErato columbella Menke, 1847 – pigeon erato 
                                        SpeciesErato maugeriae Gray, 1823 – green erato 
                                        SpeciesErato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) – appleseed erato 
                                        SpeciesErato voluta   
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Erato   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Abbott, Robert Tucker   
  Publication Date: 1974   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 663   
  Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-442-20228-8   
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  Reference for: Erato   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Millard, V.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca   
  Page(s): 1-544   
  Publisher: Victor Millard   
  Publication Place: South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-620-21261-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Erato   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss   
  Publication Date: 1989   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Erato   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Mollusca 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) plant genus Erato (TSN 36434)  
 

 

    


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