Animal Diversity Web

Hexanchus griseus

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

(Also: Cow shark; Gray shark; Mud shark)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Hexanchiformes
        
        Family Hexanchidae (Cow sharks)
        
        Genus Hexanchus
        
        Species Hexanchus griseus (Bluntnose Sixgill Shark)