Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Alternative spellings: Dolium (Malea), Tonna (Malea)
Synonym: Quimalea Iredale 1929
Parent taxon: Tonnidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Beu 2005, Beu 2010, Ladd 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Wilson 1993 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Eudolium, Tonna, Tonninae
Subtaxa: Malea beui Malea camura Malea densecostata Malea elliptica Malea goliath Malea mareana Malea pomum Malea quilonensis Malea ringens Malea springi Quimalea pomum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), Peru (2), United States (2: Florida), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (6), Costa Rica (9), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (4), Italy (2), Jamaica (7), Mexico (1), Panama (9), Spain (2), United States (10: California, Florida), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Colombia (8), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (41), Grenada (2), Haiti (1), India (1), Panama (55), Peru (2), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 211 collections including 220 occurrences
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