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Mobula birostris

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae

Taxonomy
Raja birostris was named by Walbaum (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mobula birostris by Maisch IV et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Raja birostris Walbaum
2025Mobula birostris Maisch IV et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyMobulidaeGill 1893
genusMobulaRafinesque 1810
speciesbirostris(Walbaum 1792)

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.

Mobula birostris Walbaum 1792
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-07-21 07:16:51
Modified: 2014-09-15 11:55:58
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) Mobula birostris (276265)