Malea pomum

Malea pomum
Malea pomum shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Tonnidae
Genus:	Malea
Species:	M. pomum
Binomial name
Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Buccinum pomum Linnaeus, 1758 Cadium pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined) Cadus pomum Röding, 1798 Cassis labrosa Martini, 1773 Dolium (Cadium) pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined) Dolium (Cadium) pomum var. macgregori (Iredale, 1931) (Recombination of synonym) Dolium (Malea) pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined) Dolium pomum Lamarck, 1822 Malea (Quimalea) pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination) Malea noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969 Malea pommum (Linnaeus, 1758) Malea pomum noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969 Quimalea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) Quimalea pomum macgregori Iredale, 1931 Quimalea pomum var. mcgregori Iredale, 1931 Tonna (Malea) pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination) Tonna (Malea) pomum macgregori (Iredale, 1931) (Recombination of synonym) Tonna (Malea) pomum pomum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination)

Malea pomum is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the tropical Indo-West Pacific, the Philippines; off Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mascarenes, Houtman Abrolhos, China; off Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

References

1. Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Editio Decima, Tomus I. Holmiae [Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii.]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217025 on 9 July 2010.

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp
• Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201-235, pls xxii-xxv
• Tinker, S. 1949. The Hawaiian Tun Shells. Pacific Science 3(4): 302-306
• Kilias, R. 1962. Gastropoda/Prosobranchia. Tonnidae. Das Tierreich 77: 1-63
• Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
• Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.