Name - Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller 1969

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:449093 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Hexanchus vitulus

• Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962

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Original Description Reference

• Hexanchus vitulus, a new sixgill shark from the Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science, 19 1969: 159-174. [Zoological Record Volume 106]

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Recent Publications

• FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4 sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes.
• Hexanchus nakamurai, a senior synonym of H. vitulus (Elasmobranchii), with notes on its occurrence in Japan.
• Contributions to the study of the comparative morphology of teeth and other relevant ichthyodorulites in living supra-specific taxa of chondrichthyan fishes. Addendum to part A, no. 1. Order: Hexanchiformes - family: Hexanchidae. Odontological results supporting the validity of Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 as the third species of the genus Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810, and suggesting intrafamilial reordering of the Hexanchidae.
• Hexanchus vitulus, a new sixgill shark from the Bahamas.
• Resurrection of the sixgill shark Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 (Hexanchiformes, Hexanchidae), with comments on its distribution in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.

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