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Taxon: Order Hexanchiformes Compagno, 1973 - six-gill sharks (fish)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Hexanchidae (Family) Gray, 1851
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Hexanchoidei (Suborder) (Hay, 1902)

Variants

Different rankHexanchoidea (Suborder)

Synonyms

Synonymous nameNotidani (Order) Jaekel, 1911 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 64. [indirect]
Synonymous nameOpistharthri (Suborder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 64. [indirect]
IncludingChlamydoselachoidei (Suborder)
IncludingNotidanoidei (Suborder)
IncludingSelachophidichthyoidei (Order) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 64. [indirect]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namesix-gill sharks Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 64.
cowsharks and frilled sharks Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
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