Hespererato

Hespererato
Hespererato vitellina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Eratoidae
Genus:	Hespererato Schilder, 1933
Type species
Erato vitellina Hinds, 1844
Species
See text

Hespererato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Hespererato include:

• † Hespererato ampulla (Deshayes, 1835)
• † Hespererato emmonsi (Whitfield, 1894)
• † Hespererato marqueti Fehse & Landau, 2002
• Hespererato nanhaiensis Ma, 1994
• Hespererato rubra Fehse, 2016
• Hespererato scabriuscula (Sowerby, 1832)
• Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)

Species brought into synonymy

• Hespererato columbella(Menke, 1847): synonym of Archierato columbella (Menke, 1847)
• Hespererato galapagensisSchilder, 1933: synonym of Archierato galapagensis (Schilder, 1933)
• Hespererato marginata(Mörch, 1860): synonym of Archierato columbella (Menke, 1847)
• Hespererato martinicensisSchilder, 1933: synonym of Archierato martinicensis (Schilder, 1933)
• Hespererato maugeriae(Gray, 1832): ^[2] synonym of Archierato maugeriae (Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Hespererato pallidaOleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012: synonym of Eratoidea watsoni (Dall, 1881)
• Hespererato rehderi(Raines, 2002): synonym of Sulcerato rehderi (Raines, 2002)
• Hespererato septentrionalisCate, 1977: synonym of Eratoena septentrionalis (Cate, 1977)
• † Hespererato zevitellinaLaws, 1941: synonym of † Bellerato zevitellina (Laws, 1941)

References

1. Hespererato Schilder, 1933 . Gofas, S. (2010). Hespererato. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415465 on 9 July 2012 .
2. Hespererato maugeriae (Gray, 1832) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 July 2010.