Malea (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Malea is a genus
of large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Tonnidae
, the tun shells.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tonnidae
Tonnidae
Tonnidae is a family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, known as the tun shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha and the clade Littorinimorpha.- Taxonomy :...
, the tun shells.
Species
Species within the genus Malea include:- Malea pomumMalea pomumMalea pomum is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Malea ringensMalea ringensMalea ringens is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Swainson, 1822)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Malea crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832 : synonym of Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
- Malea crassilabrum Sowerby, 1842 : 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)