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:

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)

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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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