Lamna
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Lamna is a genus of mackerel sharks in the family Lamnidae, containing two extant species: the porbeagle (L. nasus) of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere, and the salmon shark (L. ditropis) of the North Pacific.
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Lamna | |
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Porbeagle (L. nasus) | |
Salmon shark (L. ditropis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Lamnidae |
Genus: | Lamna Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Lamna nasus Bonnaterre, 1788 porbeagle | |
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