Malea (gastropod)

Malea (gastropod)
Malea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Malea
Valenciennes, 1832
Type species
Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832
Synonyms[1]

Quimalea Iredale, 1929

Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Malea include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Malea crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832 : synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
  • Malea crassilabrum Sowerby, 1842 : synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
  • Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832 : synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
  • Malea noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969 : synonym of Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Malea pommum (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. ^ a b Malea Valenciennes, 1832. Vos, C. (2009). Malea Valenciennes, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204597 on 23 February 2011.
  2. ^ Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217025 on 9 July 2010.
  3. ^ Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410241 on 9 July 2010.
  • Vos, C. (2007). A conchological Iconography (No. 13) - The family Tonnidae. 123 pp., 30 numb. plus 41 (1 col.) un-numb. text-figs, 33 maps., 63 col. pls, Conchbooks, Germany

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