Malea (gastropod)
Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.Species within the genus Malea include:
- Malea pomum
- Malea ringens
;Species brought into synonymy :
- Malea crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Malea ringens
- Malea crassilabrumValenciennes, 1832 synonym of Malea ringens
- Malea dentatum : synonym of Malea ringens
- Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832: synonym of Malea ringens
- Malea noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969: synonym of Malea pomum
- Malea pommum : synonym of Malea pomum
Distribution
This marine genus of cone snails occurs in the Red Sea, the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off the Philippines and Australia.
