Proterato

Proterato
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Triviidae
Subfamily:	Eratoinae
Genus:	Proterato Schilder, 1927
Synonyms^[1]
Proerato Schilder, 1927 (frequent error for Proterato Schilder, 1927)

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

Species

Species within the genus Proterato include:

Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933 : synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Proterato sulcifera Gray^[3] : synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)

^ ^a ^b Proterato Schilder, 1927. WoRMS (2010). Proterato Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206617 on 21 January 2011.
^ Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395593 on 9 July 2010.
^ Proterato sulcifera Gray. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216895 on 9 July 2010.