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 pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
- Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- 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)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- 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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