Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Velutinoidea > Family Eratoidae > Genus Erato

Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erato*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cypraea voluta*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Erato laevis*	(Donovan, 1804)	synonym
*Marginella anglica*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Marginella laevis*	(Donovan, 1804)	synonym
*Marginella laevis var. oblonga*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Voluta fusiformis*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Voluta laevis*	Donovan, 1804	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139761

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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