Malea ringens

Malea ringens
Malea ringens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Malea
Species: M. ringens
Binomial name
Malea ringens
(Swainson, 1822)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822
Dolium crassilabre Menke, 1850
Dolium dentatum Barnes, 1824
Dolium latilabre Kiener, 1835
Dolium personatum Menke, 1828
Dolium plicatum Deshayes in Milne-Edwards, 1843
Dolium plicosum Menke, 1828
Malea crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832
Malea crassilabrum Sowerby, 1842
Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832

Malea ringens is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Swainson. 1822. Cat. Bligh, Append: 4, pl.5, fig.27.. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822). Vos, C. (2009). Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410241 on 9 July 2010.

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