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Hexanchus (sixgill shark)
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Taxonomy
Hexanchus was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine R Sepkoski's reference number: 884,1066]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Hexanchiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexanchidae by Jordan (1963), Thies (1983), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Long et al. (1993), Cione and Reguero (1994), Purdy et al. (2001) and Kent (2018).
It was assigned to Hexanchiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexanchidae by Jordan (1963), Thies (1983), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Long et al. (1993), Cione and Reguero (1994), Purdy et al. (2001) and Kent (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1810 | Hexanchus Rafinesque |
| 1963 | Hexanchus Jordan p. 597 |
| 1983 | Hexanchus Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
| 1983 | Hexanchus Thies p. 18 |
| 1987 | Hexanchus Kumar and Loyal p. 62 |
| 1993 | Hexanchus Long et al. p. 655 |
| 1994 | Hexanchus Cione and Reguero p. 5 |
| 2001 | Hexanchus Purdy et al. p. 84 |
| 2002 | Hexanchus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2018 | Hexanchus Kent p. 57 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available