Global InformationMalea pomum information
| Pacific grinning tun | |
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| Malea pomum shell (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Malea |
| Species: | M. pomum
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| Binomial name | |
| Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Malea pomum, common name the Pacific grinning tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Editio Decima, Tomus I. Holmiae [Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii.]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b 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 .