Lamniformes
Translingual
Lamna nasus, hooked
Proper noun
Lamniformes
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – the mackerel sharks.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Alopiidae (thresher sharks), Cetorhinidae (basking shark), Lamnidae (great mackerel sharks), Megachasmidae (megamouth shark), Mitsukurinidae (goblin shark), Odontaspididae (sand tiger), Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile shark) (families)
- †Anacoracidae (extinct family)
References
Lamniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lamniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Lamniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Lamniformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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