IRMNG - Molidae Bonaparte, 1835

IRMNG taxon details

Molidae Bonaparte, 1835

IRMNG_ID

114689 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114689)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Tetraodontiformes

Direct children (24)

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Genus Austromola Gregorova, Schultz, Harzhauser & Kroh, 2009 †
Genus Masturus Gill, 1884
Genus Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Ranzania Nardo, 1840
Genus Acanthosoma DeKay, 1842 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Aledon Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Centaurus Kaup, 1855 accepted as Ranzania Nardo, 1840
Genus Cephalus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766 (synonym)
Genus Diplanchias Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Mola Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766 (synonym)
Genus Mola Linck, 1790 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766 (synonym)
Genus Molacanthus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766 (synonym)
Genus Orthragoriscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Orthragus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Ozodura Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pallasia Nardo, 1840 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pedalion Guilding in Swainson, 1838 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pedalium Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Pseudomola Cadenat, 1959 accepted as Masturus Gill, 1884
Genus Timpanomium Nardo, 1840 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Trematopsis Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Tympanomium Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1766
Genus Eomola Tyler & Bannikov, 1992 † (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Molidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114689 on 2024-10-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-05-21 02:50:04Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontoidei (Suborder) > Molidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

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