Erato prayensis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]
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| Shell of Erato prayensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eratoidae |
| Genus: | Erato |
| Species: | E. prayensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1881
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Distribution
editIt is found in Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1881. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Liltved W.R. (2000) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 224 pp.
- Fehse D. , 2016. On the Identity of "Erato" prayensis de Rochebrune 1881 and description of new species in the Eratoidae. Conchylia 46(1-4): 25-36
- Ortea J. & Moro L. (2017). La taxonomia grafica aplicada a Erato prayensis Rochebrune, 1881 (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha) de las islas de Cabo Verde. Avicennia. 20: 53-56.
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