Mola

Mola mola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Molidae
Genus: Mola
Species(3+ †1): M. mola – M. alexandrini – M. tecta – †M. pileata

Name

Mola Kölreuter, 1766

Typus: Mola aculeata Kölreuter, 1770 (=Mola mola)

Synonyms

• Mola Cuvier, 1798
• Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Cephalus Shaw, 1804
• Orthragus Rafinesque, 1810
• Diplanchias Rafinesque, 1810
• Trematopsis Ranzani, 1839
• Tympanomium Ranzani, 1839
• Ozodura Ranzani, 1839
• Molacanthus Swainson, 1839
• Pallasia Nardo, 1840
• Acanthosoma DeKay, 1842
• Aledon Castelnau, 1861

References

Primary references

• Kölreuter, I.T. 1763. Piscivm rariorvm e Mvseo Petropolitano exceptorvm descriptiones. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 8: 404–430, pl. XIV. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cuvier, G. 1798. Tableau eléméntaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux xvi + 710 pp., 14 pls. Baudouin, Paris. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11203 Reference page. 
• Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. M.E. Blochii, Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. i–lx + 1–584, Pls. 1–110. BHL Reference page. 
• Shaw, G.K.. 1804. General zoology or systematic natural history with plates from the first authorities and select specimens. G. Kearsley, London.. 5(2):251–463.
• Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i–iv] 3–69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia–iva + 71–105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1–20. BHL Reference page. 
• Ranzani, C. 1839. Dispositio familiae Molarum in genera et in species. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis 3: 63–82, Pl. 6 + foldout table. BHL Reference page. 
• Swainson, W.J. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co.: London. vol. 2: i–vi + 1–448. BHL Reference page. 
• Nardo G.D., 1840. Spora un nuovo genere di conchiglie de mare Adriatico. Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto. Reference page. 
• DeKay, J.E.. 1842. Zoology of New York; or the New York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders. Natural history of New York. 4: 1–415.
• Castelnau, F.L. 1861. Mémoire sur les poissons de l’Afrique australe. Paris. 1–78.

Links

• Mola – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Molas
日本語: マンボウ属
한국어: 개복치속

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