Malea (gastropod)

Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]

Malea
Apertural view of a shell of Malea pomum
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]
  • 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)

Species

Species within the genus Malea include:

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).

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References
  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 .
  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.
  • Valenciennes, A. 1832. Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique Équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. 262-339, pl. 57 in Humboldt, F.H.A. & Bonpland, A.J.A. (eds). Voyage aux regions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent. Part 2. Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'atomie comparée. Coquilles univalves (etc.). Paris : Chez J. Smith et Chez Gide Vol. 2.
  • 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.
  • 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


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