WoRMS taxon details
Malea Valenciennes, 1832
204597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204597)
accepted
Genus
Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822) (type by subsequent designation)
Dolium (Malea) Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Malea (Malea) Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted (Recombination as subgenus)
Malea (Quimalea) Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Quimalea Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tonna (Malea) Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Malea mareana Weisbord, 1962
- Species Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)
- Subgenus Malea (Quimalea) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Malea Valenciennes, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Malea (Quimalea) pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
- Species Malea crassilabris Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Malea crassilabrum Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Malea dentatum (Barnes, 1824) accepted as Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822) (Recombination of synonym)
- Species Malea galea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Malea noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969 accepted as Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Malea pommum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Incorrect spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592
page(s): 324-325 [details]
Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101 [details]
page(s): 324-325 [details]
Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101 [details]
Note Type taxon by subsequent designation...
Type species Type taxon by subsequent designation Herrmannsen, 1847 is Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832 which is accepted as Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822 (i.e. Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)) (fide Beu (2005:112) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Malea Valenciennes, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204597 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592
page(s): 324-325 [details]
original description Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101 [details]
original description (of Quimalea Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 5(4): 337-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709514
page(s): p. 345-346. [details]
page(s): 324-325 [details]
original description Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101 [details]
original description (of Quimalea Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 5(4): 337-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709514
page(s): p. 345-346. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12-22; Pls. 1-9
page(s): 12 [details]
ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 12 [details]
ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Beu, A. G. (2005). Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 130: 1-186.
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vos, C. (2007) A conchological Iconography (No. 13) - The family Tonnidae. 123 pp., 30 numb. plus 41 (1 col.) un-numb. text-figs, 33 maps., 63 col. pls, Conchbooks, Germany
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vos, C. (2007) A conchological Iconography (No. 13) - The family Tonnidae. 123 pp., 30 numb. plus 41 (1 col.) un-numb. text-figs, 33 maps., 63 col. pls, Conchbooks, Germany
page(s): 26 [details]
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Type species Type taxon by subsequent designation Herrmannsen, 1847 is Malea latilabris Valenciennes, 1832 which is accepted as Cassis ringens Swainson, 1822 (i.e. Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)) (fide Beu (2005:112) [details]
