# Erato (gastropod)

Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eratoidae, the trivias and allies.
The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato.

## Species

Species within the genus Erato include:
* † Erato andecavica Schilder, 1933
* † Erato aquitanica F. A. Schilder, 1932
* † Erato britannica Schilder, 1933
* † Erato clifdenensis Laws, 1935
* † Erato cooperi Fehse & Landau, 2002
* † Erato crassa Fehse, 2020
* † Erato cypraeola (Brocchi, 1814)
* † Erato fragilis Fehse, 2020
* † Erato incrassata Coppi, 1876
* † Erato italica F. A. Schilder, 1932
* † Erato kimakowiczi O. Boettger, 1884
* † Erato laevilabiata Sacco, 1894
* † Erato lozoueti Fehse, 2018
* † Erato marshalli Marwick, 1929
* Erato oligostata Dall, 1902
* † Erato pinguis Fehse, 2020
* † Erato planulosa Sacco, 1894
* † Erato praecedens F. A. Schilder, 1933
* † Erato praecursor Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905
* Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882
* Erato princeps Fehse, 2020
* † Erato prodromos Fehse, 2018
* † Erato prokimakowiczi Fehse, 2020
* † Erato prolaevis Sacco, 1894
* † Erato quasiplanulosa Fehse, 2020
* † Erato senecta R. Murdoch, 1924
* † Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny, 1852
* † Erato submorosa Laws, 1935
* † Erato tenuipustulata Fehse, 2020
* † Erato transiens Boettger, 1884
* † Erato uniplicata Depontaillier, 1881
* Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
* † Erato vulcania Marwick, 1926
* † Erato waitakiensis Laws, 1935

### Species brought into synonymy

* * Erato albescens Dall, 1905 - whitish erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) (junior subjective synonym)
* Erato africana Fehse, 2016: synonym of Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1882
* Erato angistoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1832: synonym of Alaerato angistoma (Sowerby II, 1832)
* Erato bimaculata Tate, 1878: synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878)
* Erato columbella Menke, 1847 - pigeon erato: synonym of Hespererato columbella (Menke, 1847)
* Erato cypraeoides C. B. Adams, 1845: synonym of Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845)
* Erato edentula Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym)
* Erato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Alaerato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844)
* Erato grata T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena grata (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* Erato guttula Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Serrata guttula (Sowerby, 1832)
* Erato haematina Sowerby, 1859: synonym of Eratoidea hematita (Kiener, 1834)
* Erato inhanbanensis Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (probable synonym)
* Erato lachryma Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Proterato lachryma (Sowerby, 1832)
* Erato lactea Hutton, 1880: synonym of Austroginella muscaria (Lamarck, 1822)
* Erato laevis non Donovan, 1804, Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832 (green erato) and Erato venezuelana Weisbord, 1962 are synonyms for Hespererato maugeriae (Gray, 1832)
* Erato mactanica T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Alaerato mactanica (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* Erato nana Duclos in Reeve, 1865: synonym of Eratoena nana (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* Erato novemprovincialis Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Gibberula novemprovincialis (Yokoyama, 1928)
* Erato pagoboi T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997: synonym of Eratoena pagoboi (T. Cossignani & V. Cossignani, 1997)
* Erato panamensis Carpenter, 1856: synonym of Archierato panamaensis (Carpenter, 1856)
* Erato recondita Melvill & Standen, 1903: synonym of Proterato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* Erato sandwicensis Pease, 1860: synonym of Eratoena sandwichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) (original combination)
* Erato sulcifera Gray in Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Sowerby, 1832)
* Erato tetatua Hart, 1996: synonym of Trivellona valerieae (Hart, 1996)
* Erato vitellina (Hinds, 1844) - appleseed erato: synonym of Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)