Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
(a cowrie)

Interactions where Erato voluta is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult is predator of Botrylloides leachii a colonial ascidian Stolidobranchia: Styelidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Erato voluta/Erato volutaa cowrieadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botrylloides leachii/Botrylloides leachiia colonial ascidian
adult adult is predator of Botryllus schlosseri Star Ascidian, Star Sea Squirt Stolidobranchia: Styelidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Erato voluta/Erato volutaa cowrieadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botryllus schlosseri/Botryllus schlosseristar ascidian, star sea squirt

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

Erato voluta (a cowrie) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesErato voluta (a cowrie)
FamilyTRIVIIDAE (cowries)
SuperfamilyVELUTINOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erato voluta (a cowrie)

Erato voluta (a cowrie) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Erato voluta (a cowrie):

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