Proterato

Proterato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.

Species
Species within the genus Proterato include:
 * † Proterato awamoana Schilder, 1933
 * Proterato denticulata (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1901)
 * † Proterato dubia (Hutton, 1873)
 * Proterato hindlei (Ladd, 1977)
 * Proterato lachryma (Gray, 1832)
 * † Proterato neozelanica (Suter, 1917)
 * † Proterato pliocenica C. A. Fleming, 1943
 * Proterato pulcherrima Fehse, 2015
 * Proterato renkerorum Fehse, 2015
 * † Proterato waiauensis (Laws, 1935)


 * Synonymized species :
 * Proterato bimaculata (Tate, 1878) : synonym of Cypraeerato bimaculata (Tate, 1878)
 * Proterato boucheti Drivas & Jay, 1986 : synonym of Cypraeerato boucheti (Drivas & Jay, 1986) (original combination)
 * Proterato callosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) : synonym of Hespererato scabriuscula ( Gray, 1832)
 * Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933 : synonym of Eratoena sulcifera  (Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
 * Proterato gemma (Bavay, 1917) : synonym of Eratoena gemma (Bavay, 1917)
 * Proterato geralia C. N. Cate, 1977 : synonym of Cypraeerato geralia (C. N. Cate, 1977) (original combination)
 * Proterato limata X.-T. Ma, 1994 : synonym of Hydroginella limata (Ma, 1994) (original combination)
 * Proterato olivaria (Melvill, 1899) : synonym of Eratopsis olivaria (Melvill, 1899)
 * Proterato pura (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) : synonym of Sulcerato pellucida (Reeve, 1865)
 * Proterato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903) : synonym of Sulcerato recondita (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
 * Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002 : synonym of Hespererato rehderi (Raines, 2002) : synonym of Sulcerato rehderi (Raines, 2002) (original combination)
 * Proterato sandwichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) : synonym of Eratoena sandwichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
 * Proterato smithi F. A. Schilder, 1933 : synonym of Eratoena smithi (F. A. Schilder, 1933)
 * Proterato stalagmia C. N. Cate, 1975 : synonym of Cypraeerato stalagmia (C. N. Cate, 1975) (original combination)
 * Proterato sulcifera Gray : synonym of Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in Sowerby I, 1832)
 * Proterato tomlini Schilder, 1933 : synonym of Sulcerato tomlini (Schilder, 1933)