Malea (gastropod)

Malea
	Apertural view of a shell of Malea pomum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Tonnidae
Genus:	Malea; Valenciennes, 1832
Type species
	Malea latilabris; Valenciennes, 1832
Synonyms
	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);

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 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)

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).

^ ^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). 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.

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