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Genus of sharks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Mollisquama | |
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American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis) specimen found in the Gulf of Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Dalatiidae |
Genus: | Mollisquama Dolganov, 1984 |
Type species | |
Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984 | |
Species | |
2, see text |
There are currently two known species:[1][2]
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