Mollisquama is a genus of pocket sharks in the family Dalatiidae. There are two known species each only known from a single specimen; one found off the coast of Chile and the other found in the Gulf of Mexico.[1]
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| American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis) specimen found in the Gulf of Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Dalatiidae |
| Genus: | Mollisquama Dolganov, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984
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Species
editThere are currently two known species:[1][2]
- Mollisquama mississippiensis Grace, Doosey, Denton, Naylor, Bart & Maisey, 2019
- Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984
References
edit- ^ a b Grace, Mark A.; Doosey, Michael H.; Denton, John S. S.; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Bart, HENRY L. Jr; Maisey, John G. (2019-06-18). "A new Western North Atlantic Ocean kitefin shark (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico". Zootaxa. 4619 (1): 109–120. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Katz, Brigit. "This New Shark Species Looks Like a Tiny Sperm Whale". Smithsonian. Retrieved 01 January 2021.
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