James and others:

        Probably the most complete listing of eratoid names and synonyms both
Recent and fossil can be found in:

Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. A catalogue of living and fossil
cowries: Taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Memoires
85:1-246.

This essential cypraeophile reference also lists, with very few ecxeptions,
all cypraeid, ovulid, and triviid names and synonyms current to 1971.

Aloha,

Lindsey T. Groves
Nat. Hist. Mus. LA Co., Invert. Paleo./Malacology

At 05:58 PM 3/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>Below is a list of Erato. I was wondering; are there any other Erato
>species that are missing from this list? Also, are there any that are
>synonomous and should be removed? I want to make the list as complete
>as possible.
>
>Erato albescens (Dall, 1905)
>Erato callosa (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
>Erato columbella (Menke, 1847)
>Erato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844)
>Erato gemma (Bavay, 1917)
>Erato maugeriae (Gray, 1832)
>Erato oligostata (Dall, 1902)
>Erato panamensis (Carpenter, 1856)
>Erato prayensis (Rochebrune, 1881)
>Erato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
>Erato sandwicensis (Pease, 1860)
>Erato scabriuscula (Sowerby, 1832)
>Erato sulcifera (Sowerby I I, 1832)
>Erato sulcifera schmeltziana (Crosse, 1867)
>Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
>Hespererato galapagensis (Schilder, 1933)
>Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)
>
>
>Thanks,
>James
>