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. Reference page.
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. 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. BHL Reference page.
Castelnau, F.L. 1861. Mémoire sur les poissons de l’Afrique australe. Paris. 1–78. Reference page.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Molas
日本語: マンボウ属
한국어: 개복치속