slender mola
Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
- Name authority
- (Pennant, 1776)
- Common name
- slender mola
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Molidae
- Genus
- Ranzania
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderTetraodontiformes
- suborderTetraodontoidei
- familyMolidae Bonaparte, 1832
- genusRanzania Nardo, 1840
- speciesRanzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Mola planci Nardo, 1827 Nardo, 1827 | synonym |
| Ranzania truncata (Retzius, 1785) (Retzius, 1785) | synonym |
| Diodon dimidiatus Walbaum, 1792 Walbaum, 1792 | synonym |
| Orthragoriscus truncatus (Retzius, 1785) (Retzius, 1785) | synonym |
| Orthragus oblongus Rafinesque, 1810 Rafinesque, 1810 | synonym |
| Orthragoriscus battarae Ranzani, 1839 Ranzani, 1839 | synonym |
| Orthragoriscus solaris Gronow, 1854 Gronow, 1854 | synonym |
| Cephalus oblongus Shaw, 1804 Shaw, 1804 | synonym |
| Ranzania makua Jenkins, 1895 Jenkins, 1895 | synonym |
| Ranzania typus Nardo, 1840 Nardo, 1840 | synonym |
| Tetraodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 Retzius, 1785 | synonym |
| Orthragoriscus oblongus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Ostracion laevis Pennant, 1776 Pennant, 1776 | synonym |
| Ostracion boops Richardson, 1845 Richardson, 1845 | synonym |
| Tetrodon truncatus Retzius, 1785 Retzius, 1785 | synonym |
| Cephalus cocherani Traill, 1832 Traill, 1832 | synonym |
| Cephalus elongatus Risso, 1827 Risso, 1827 | synonym |
| Cephalus varius Shaw, 1804 Shaw, 1804 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127406 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4RJ7Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.