Malea | |
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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
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]
Species within the genus Malea include:
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).