Proterato

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

Proterato
Shell of Proterato hindlei (fossil)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Eratoidae
Genus:	Proterato Schilder, 1927
Type species
† Erato neozelanica Suter, 1917
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Proerato Schilder, 1927 (frequent error for Proterato Schilder, 1927) Erato (Proerato) F. A. Schilder, 1927

Species

Species within the genus Proterato include:

• † Proterato awamoana Schilder, 1933
• Proterato denticulata (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1901)
• † Proterato dubia (Hutton, 1873)
• Proterato hindlei (Ladd, 1977)
• Proterato lachryma (Gray, 1832)
• † Proterato neozelanica (Suter, 1917)
• † Proterato pliocenica C. A. Fleming, 1943
• Proterato pulcherrima Fehse, 2015
• Proterato renkerorum Fehse, 2015
• † Proterato waiauensis (Laws, 1935)

Synonymized species

• Proterato bimaculata (Tate, 1878): synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878)
• Proterato boucheti Drivas & Jay, 1986: synonym of Cypraeerato boucheti (Drivas & Jay, 1986) (original combination)
• Proterato callosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of Hespererato scabriuscula (Gray, 1832)
• Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933 : synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
• Proterato gemma (Bavay, 1917): synonym of Eratoena gemma (Bavay, 1917)
• Proterato geralia C. N. Cate, 1977: synonym of Cypraeerato geralia (C. N. Cate, 1977) (original combination)
• Proterato limata X.-T. Ma, 1994: synonym of Hydroginella limata (Ma, 1994) (original combination)
• Proterato olivaria (Melvill, 1899): synonym of Eratopsis olivaria (Melvill, 1899)
• Proterato pura (Kuroda & Habe, 1971): synonym of Sulcerato pellucida (Reeve, 1865)
• Proterato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002:^[2] synonym of Hespererato rehderi (Raines, 2002): synonym of Sulcerato rehderi (Raines, 2002) (original combination)
• Proterato sandwichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859): synonym of Eratoena sandwichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
• Proterato smithi F. A. Schilder, 1933: synonym of Eratoena smithi (F. A. Schilder, 1933)
• Proterato stalagmia C. N. Cate, 1975: synonym of Cypraeerato stalagmia (C. N. Cate, 1975) (original combination)
• Proterato sulcifera Gray:^[3] synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in Sowerby I, 1832)
• Proterato tomlini Schilder, 1933: synonym of Sulcerato tomlini (Schilder, 1933)