Family Somniosidae Jordan 1888

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Laemargi Hasse 1878:168, 171 [ref. 32587] (group) Laemargus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; stem Laemarg- confirmed by Carus 1893:500 [ref. 17975] and by Myers & Storey 1956:18 [ref. 32831]]

Somniosidae Jordan 1888:14, 15 [ref. 2390] (family) Somniosus [family-group name used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Waller 1999 [ref. 23948], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Yano, Stevens & Compagno 2004 [ref. 28078], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Last & Stevens 2009, Akhilest, Baneesh, Ganga & Pillai 2013 [ref. 33120]]