Malea (gastropod)
Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Malea pomum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Malea Valenciennes, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Species within the genus Malea include:
- † Malea densecostata (Rutsch, 1934)
- † Malea hyaducki Petuch & Berschauer, 2021
- † Malea orbiculata (Brocchi, 1814)
- † Malea papuana (Beets, 1943)
- † Malea petiti Petuch, 1989
- Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
- Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)[3]
- † Malea springi Petuch, 1989
- Species brought into synonymy
- Malea crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
- Malea crassilabrumValenciennes, 1832 synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
- Malea dentatum (Barnes, 1824): 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)
Distribution
This marine genus of cone snails occurs in the Red Sea, the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off the Philippines and Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).
References
- 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 .
- Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337–352, pls 37-38
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
- 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 page(s): 26
- Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12–22; Pls. 1-9
- Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22–53; Pls. 1-9
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