Mola (genus)

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Mola
Fossil range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae
Genus: Mola
Koelreuter, 1766
Species

Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)

Mola is a genus of the family Molidae. It includes two species, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, and the southern sunfish, Mola ramsayi.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.