Lamnidae

Classification

Genera in Lamnidae

• Lamna — 49 species: Lamna actutissima, Lamna acuminata, Lamna acutissima, Lamna affinis, Lamna attenuata, Lamna barnitzkei, Lamna bronnii, Lamna caraibaea
• Otodus — 23 species: Otodus apiculatus, Otodus catticus, Otodus crassus, Otodus divergens, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus koerti, Otodus lanceolatus, Otodus levis
• Carcharodon — 21 species: Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon chubutensis, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon escheri
• Corax — 16 species: Corax affinis, Corax appendiculatus, Corax baharijensis, Corax curvatus, Corax egertoni, Corax falcatus, Corax jaekeli, Corax kaupi
• Squalicorax — 15 species: Squalicorax acutus, Squalicorax bazzii, Squalicorax benguerirensis, Squalicorax bernardezi, Squalicorax coquandi, Squalicorax deckeri, Squalicorax intermedius, Squalicorax lalunaensis
• Isurus — 13 species: Isurus benedeni, Isurus denticulatus, Isurus desori, Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus macrurus, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus
• Alopecias — 3 species: Alopecias acuarias, Alopecias grandis, Alopecias smithwoodwardi
• Carcharoides — 3 species: Carcharoides lipsiensis, Carcharoides tenuidens, Carcharoides totuserratus
• Oxyprinichthys — 2 species: Oxyprinichthys aprioniferus, Oxyprinichthys prioniferus
• Carcharocles
• Cosmopolitodus
• Parotodus

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.