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Malea ringens

Gastropoda - Tonnidae

Taxonomy
Cassis ringens was named by Swainson (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dolium ringens by Reeve (1849); it was recombined as Dolium (Malea) ringens by Mörch (1860); it was recombined as Tonna (Malea) ringens by Rutsch (1934) and Kilias (1962); it was recombined as Dolium (Cadium) ringens by Barrios (1960); it was recombined as Malea ringens by Hanna (1926), Anderson (1929), Beu (2010), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. beaui, M. denticulata, M. orbiculata, M. ringenss

Synonyms
  • Dolium dentatum was named by Barnes (1824). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Dolium (Malea) dentatum by Mörch (1860); it was synonymized subjectively with Malea ringens by Beu (2010).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cassis ringens Swainson p. 4
1824Dolium dentatum Barnes p. 135 figs. pl. 9, fig. 3
1849Dolium ringens Reeve figs. pl. 4, fig. 5
1860Dolium (Malea) dentatum Mörch p. 83
1860Dolium (Malea) ringens Mörch p. 83
1926Malea ringens Hanna p. 450
1929Malea ringens Anderson p. 140
1934Tonna (Malea) ringens Rutsch p. 60
1960Dolium (Cadium) ringens Barrios p. 277
1962Tonna (Malea) ringens Kilias p. 17
2010Malea ringens Beu p. 260
2010Malea ringens Landau and Marques da Silva p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyTonnidaeSuter 1913
genusMaleaValenciennes 1833
speciesringens(Swainson 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Malea ringens Swainson 1822
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Invalid names: Dolium (Malea) dentatum Barnes 1824 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:00
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) Dolium camura (59002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Malea camura (52173)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama (Bocas del Toro) Malea ringens (135818)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Malea ringens (111209 136122 136309 136311)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Malea ringens (79780 79790 79995 79996)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Malea camura (52169 52170 82116 82119 82121 82124 82125 93054 93057 93062 93167 93171 93175) Malea ringens (92597 136005 145520 145523)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Malea camura (131219 131220) Malea ringens (88297)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Malea ringens (88308 88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Malea camura (96520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Malea ringens (135821)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Malea ringens (96541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Malea ringens (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Malea ringens (96539 96540 96542 96543 96544 96545 96546 96547 96548)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Dolium ringens (133225 133234) Malea ringens (88298)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Malea ringens (111211)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Atlántico) Malea ringens (88304)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Malea ringens (135839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Malea ringens (51886)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Dolium elliptica (134656 134657) Malea ringens (66791 66796)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Malea ringens (96595)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Malea ringens (66794 96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia Dolium ringens (97688)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Malea ringens (136315 136461)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Malea ringens (61337)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Dolium elliptica (134664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Malea ringens (111213 130891)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Malea ringens (207003 207005)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Costa Rica Malea ringens (136817)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Malea ringens (97639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Mexico (Baja California Sur) Malea ringens (136256)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Malea ringens (160395)