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Malea
Taxonomy
Malea was named by Valenciennes (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Dolium (Malea) by Mörch (1860); it was reranked as Tonna (Malea) by Rutsch (1934) and Rutsch (1934).
It was assigned to Dolium by Mörch (1860); to Tonna by Rutsch (1934) and Rutsch (1934); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tonnidae by Woodring (1959), Wilson (1993), Todd (2001), Beu (2005), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010) and Beu (2010).
It was reranked as Dolium (Malea) by Mörch (1860); it was reranked as Tonna (Malea) by Rutsch (1934) and Rutsch (1934).
It was assigned to Dolium by Mörch (1860); to Tonna by Rutsch (1934) and Rutsch (1934); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tonnidae by Woodring (1959), Wilson (1993), Todd (2001), Beu (2005), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010) and Beu (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Malea Valenciennes p. 324 |
| 1860 | Dolium (Malea) Mörch p. 83 |
| 1929 | Quimalea Iredale p. 345 |
| 1934 | Tonna (Malea) Rutsch p. 60 |
| 1959 | Malea Woodring p. 208 |
| 1977 | Quimalea Ladd p. 36 |
| 1993 | Malea Wilson p. 252 |
| 2001 | Malea Todd |
| 2002 | Malea Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Quimalea Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Malea Beu p. 112 |
| 2010 | Malea Beu |
| 2010 | Malea Landau and Marques da Silva p. 49 |
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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.
G. Malea Valenciennes 1833
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†Malea beui Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
†Malea camura Guppy 1866
Malea densecostata Rustch 1934
†Malea elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
†Malea goliath Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
†Malea mareana Weisbord 1962
Malea pomum Linnaeus 1758
†Malea quilonensis Dey 1961
†Malea springi Petuch 1989
Invalid names: Quimalea Iredale 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available