Malea pomum

Malea pomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Malea
Species: M. pomum
Binomial name
Malea pomum
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Buccinum pomum Linnaeus, 1758
Cadus pomum Röding, 1798
Cassis labrosa Martini, 1773
Dolium pomum Lamarck, 1822
Malea noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969
Malea pommum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quimalea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quimalea pomum Iredale, 1931
Quimalea pomum var. mcgregori Iredale, 1931

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Editio Decima, Tomus I. Holmiae [Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii.]. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). 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.