Global InformationMalea ringens information
| Grinning tun | |
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| Two views of a shell of Malea ringens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Malea |
| Species: | M. ringens
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| Binomial name | |
| Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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synonymy
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Malea ringens, common name the grinning tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]
- ^ Swainson. 1822. Cat. Bligh, Append: 4, pl.5, fig.27.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822). Vos, C. (2009). Malea ringens (Swainson, 1822). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410241 on 9 July 2010 .