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Chiloscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Chiloscyllium Müller and Henle
1889Chiloscyllium Woodward p. 346
1907Chiloscyllium Jordan p. 119
1958Chiloscyllium Casier p. 56
1963Chiloscyllium Jordan p. 597
1989Chiloscyllium Werner p. 23
1991Chiloscyllium Müller and Diedrich p. 23
1997Chiloscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta
1999Chiloscyllium Cappetta and Case p. 28
1999Chiloscyllium Cappetta and Corral p. 352
1999Chiloscyllium Underwood and Mitchell
2001Chiloscyllium Peng et al. p. 7
2002Chiloscyllium Sepkoski
2003Chiloscyllium Cicimurri p. 9 figs. 5, B
2003Chiloscyllium Delsate p. 8 figs. pl. 7 figs 4-5
2005Chiloscyllium Tabuce et al. p. 385
2011Chiloscyllium Bourdon et al. p. 9
2013Chiloscyllium Guinot et al. p. 610
2014Chiloscyllium Cicimurri et al. p. 12 figs. 8B-H
2023Chiloscyllium Guinot et al. pp. 3-4 figs. 2A-B
2025Chiloscyllium Cicimurri et al. p. 9
2025Chiloscyllium Juranek and Shimada p. 4
2025Chiloscyllium Landau et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyHemiscylliidaeGill 1862
genusChiloscylliumMüller and Henle 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Chiloscyllium Müller and Henle 1837
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Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013
Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta 1973
Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chiloscyllium mereretiae Werner 1989
Chiloscyllium salvani Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chiloscyllium serralheiroi Landau et al. 2025
Chiloscyllium vulloi Guinot et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available