Malea
Apertural view of a shell of Malea pomum
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Dolium (Cadium) Link, 1807 (Recombination of synonym)
  • Dolium (Malea) Valenciennes, 1832 (Recombination)
  • Malea (Malea) Valenciennes, 1832 (Recombination as subgenus)
  • Malea (Quimalea) Iredale, 1929 (Recombination)
  • Quimalea Iredale, 1929
  • Tonna (Malea) Valenciennes, 1832 (Recombination)

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

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

  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). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  3. ^ Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

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