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Malea (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Tonnidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Tonnoidea

Scientific name
  
Malea

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Similar
  
Malea ringens, Malea pomum, Eudolium, Tonnidae, Tonna

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

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Species

Species within the genus Malea include:

  • Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
    • 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 (gastropod) Wikipedia
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