Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Selachimorpha

1. A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Elasmobranchii – the sharks.

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Deuterostomia - clades; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Hexanchiformes, Squaliformes, Pristiophoriformes, Squatiniformes, Heterodontiformes, Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes, Lamniformes - orders