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Proterato (Sulcerato) sandwichensis

Gastropoda - Eratoidae

Taxonomy

Erato sandwichensis was named by Sowerby (1859). It is extant.

It was recombined as Proterato (Sulcerato) sandwichensis by Cate (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. sulcerato

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1859	Erato sandwichensis Sowerby p. 82 figs. 21-22
1969	Erato sandwicensis Kosuge
1977	Proterato (Sulcerato) sandwichensis Cate p. 346 fig. lectotype

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Cypraeoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Eratoidae	Gill 1871
subfamily	Eratoinae	Gill 1871
genus	Proterato	Schilder 1927
subgenus	Sulcerato	Finlay 1930
species	sandwichensis	(Sowerby 1859)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Proterato (Sulcerato) sandwichensis Sowerby 1859

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
C. N. Cate 1977	Shell small, solid, ovate, somewhat inflated subcentrally, narrowing evenly toward the front; dorsum smooth; apex of 3 whorls, each broadening toward the body whorl; base smooth, inflatedly ovate; aperture straight, oblique from axis, evenly broad throughout; outer lip forming sharp angle to body whorl (columella) adapically; otherwise, outer lip broad, ventral surface curving from outside to within, thickly formed but not shouldered above; numerous very fine denticles on inner edge; columella fairly broad, flattened, deepening to the front as a fossula, with fine angular plaits (7) at the front; color ofi-white over all except that 2 wide transverse bands of greyish-green divide dorsal surface; tip of protoconch solid brown.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

omnivoresuperf

Diet 2:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:50:44

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:50:44

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (Hawaii)	Erato sandwicensis (89294)