 The fossil genus "Austromola" containing one species, "A. angerhoferi" Gregorova, Schultz, Harzhauser & Kroh, 2009, is known from the Lower Miocene Ebelsberg Formation near Pucking, Austria.This species was a resident of the Paratethys Sea and is estimated to have reached a length around .At least one fossil species of "Mola", "M. pileata" (van Beneden, 1881), is known from the Upper and Middle Miocene of Europe with a possible second species known from the Lower Miocene of North Carolina, United States.