Malea (gastropod)

Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.^[1]

Malea
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]
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)

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).