tecta, Mola Nyegaard [M.], Sawai [E.], Gemmell [N.], Gillum [J.], Loneragan [N. R.], Yamanoue [Y.] & Stewart [A. L.] 2017:14, Figs. 4-6, 8-9, 12 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 182 (no. 3); ref. 35492] North Taranaki Bight, west coast North Island, New Zealand, 38°25.5'S, 174°9.0'E, depth 78 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.057679. Paratypes: AIM, NMNZ, NMV, SAMA. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart 2017 -- (Sawai et al. 2017:[5] [ref. 35699], Love et al. 2021:227 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart 2017. Molidae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere from Chile to Australia to South Africa, and one possible record from the North Sea; at least as far north as Kodiak Island (Alaska, U.S.A.) to Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara County (southern California, U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.