WoRMS taxon details
Malea pommum (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 217024
AphiaID: 217024
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Tonnidae (Family) > Malea (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Incorrect spelling) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Malea Valenciennes, 1832 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Red Sea [details] | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Similar to Tonna with thicker shells, narrower aperture and toothed outer lip, up to 6 cm. Habitat: deep water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217024 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Vos, C. (2013). Malea pommum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217024 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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