Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Tonnoidea
Familia: Tonnidae
Genus: Malea
Species:
Malea beui Landau & Marques da Silva, 2010
Malea camura Guppy, 1866
Malea densecostata (Rutsch, 1934)
Malea elliptica Pilsbry & C.W.Johnson, 1917
Malea goliath Pilsbry & C.W.Johnson, 1917
Malea hyaducki Petuch & Berschauer, 2021
Malea mareana Weisbord, 1962
Malea orbiculata (Brocchi, 1814)
Malea papuana (Beets, 1943)
Malea petiti Petuch, 1989
Malea (Quimalea) pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malea quilonensis Dey, 1961
Malea (Malea) ringens (Swainson, 1822)
Malea springi Petuch
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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 densecostata (Rutsch, 1934)
† Malea hyaducki Petuch & Berschauer, 2021
† Malea orbiculata (Brocchi, 1814)
† Malea papuana (Beets, 1943)
† Malea petiti Petuch, 1989
Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)[3]
† Malea springi Petuch, 1989
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).
References
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.
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.
Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
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
Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12–22; Pls. 1-9
Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22–53; Pls. 1-9
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