Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Belongs to Malea according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Cooke 1919, Jung 1971, Maury 1917, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Malea beui, Malea densecostata, Malea elliptica, Malea goliath, Malea mareana, Malea pomum, Malea quilonensis, Malea ringens, Malea springi, Quimalea pomum
Type specimen: BMNH 64076, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (8 collections), Jamaica (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (32), Grenada (2), Panama (16), Puerto Rico (1), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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