Heptranchias

Heptranchias
Temporal range: Cretaceous – Recent
Sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Hexanchidae
Genus: Heptranchias
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Squalus perlo
Synonyms
  • Heptanchus Müller and Henle, 1841
  • Heptranchus Gray, 1851
  • Heptrancus Costa, 1857
  • Notidanion

Heptranchias is a genus of sharks in the family Hexanchidae.

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