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Mola

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Taxonomy
Mola was named by Linck (1790) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Molidae by Weems (1985), Purdy et al. (2001), Matsuura (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Carnevale et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Mola Linck
1926Orthagoriscus Leriche p. 451
1985Mola Weems p. 428
2001Mola Purdy et al. p. 188
2002Mola Sepkoski
2015Mola Matsuura
2017Mola Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2020Mola Carnevale et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderMoloidei
familyMolidae
genusMolaLinck 1790

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. Mola Linck 1790
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Mola chelonopsis Ichishima and Kimura 2009
Mola mola Linnaeus 1758 [ocean sunfish]
†Mola pileata Van Beneden 1881
†Mola pileatus Van Beneden 1881
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Invalid names: Pagurus torus Van Beneden 1881 [synonym]
Mola ramsayi Giglioli 1883
Invalid names: Orthagoriscus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Zanclean or 13.82000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) M. sp. (57700)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) M. chelonopsis (52582)