Malea (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
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Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]
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| Malea | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Malea pomum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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[1] | |
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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).