Motivated by the results of [7], we introduce generalized quasinormal operators, defined via the \(*\) -Aluthge transform. We then characterize this class and establish its fundamental properties, and show that it includes quasinormal operators, idempotents, partial isometries, contractions, cyclic subnormal operators, and generalized quasi-adjoint operators. For \(w_*\) -hyponormal operators, being generalized quasi-adjoint is equivalent to the same property for their Aluthge transform. Further, some results on the ultraweak closures of elementary operator ranges are also given.