Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes Order Hexanchiformes Compagno, 1973 - six-gill sharks Family Hexanchidae Gray, 1851 - cow sharks Genus Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810 Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) - sevengilled shark