Somniosidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Squaliformes
Familia: Somniosidae

Genera: Centroscymnus – Centroselachus – Scymnodalatias – Scymnodon – Somniosus – Zameus

Name

Somniosidae Jordan, 1888

• Type genus: Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

References

• Jordan, D. S., 1888: A manual of vertebrate animals of the northern United States, including the district north and east of the Ozark Mountains, south of the Laurentian Hills, north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Missouri River, inclusive of marine species, 5th edn. A.C. McClurg amd Company, Chicago, 375 pp. Reference page.