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Heptranchias (sevengill shark)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Heptranchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Heptranchias Rafinesque
1902Heptranchias Hay p. 300
1907Heptranchias Jordan p. 101
1919Heptranchias Jordan and Gilbert p. 20
1923Heptranchias Jordan and Hanibal p. 32
1952Notidanus (Heptranchias) Arambourg
1963Heptranchias Jordan p. 597
1968Heptranchias Applegate and Uyeno p. 197
1972Heptranchias Uyeno p. 224
1974Heptranchias Welton p. 6
1992Heptranchias Long p. 14
1993Heptranchias Long et al. p. 655
2002Heptranchias Sepkoski
2007Heptranchias Carnevale
2016Heptranchias Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 80
2019Heptranchias van der Laan p. 43
2020Heptranchias Legendre et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHeptranchidaeBarnard 1925
genusHeptranchiasRafinesque 1810

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. Heptranchias Rafinesque 1810 [sevengill shark]
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Heptranchias howellii Reed 1946
Heptranchias perlo Bonnaterre 1788 [sharpnose sevengill shark]
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Invalid names: Squalus cinereus Gmelin 1789 [synonym]
Heptranchias tenuidens Leriche 1938
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Invalid names: Heptranchias ezoensis Applegate and Uyeno 1968 [synonym], Heptranchias karagalensis Kozlov 1999 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available