Eratoidae

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Eratoidae
Alaerato elizabethae (MNHN-IM-2000-25760) 002.jpeg
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
Genera

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Synonyms [1]
  • Eratoinae Gill, 1871
  • Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936
  • Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939

Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23036 on 2018-07-18