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Erato prayensis
Shell of Erato prayensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eratoidae
Genus: Erato
Species:
E. prayensis
Binomial name
Erato prayensis
Synonyms
  • Erato africana Fehse, 2016
  • Gibberula prayensis (Rochebrune, 1882)

Erato prayensis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Distribution

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It is found in Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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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