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Definition of Subclass selachii
1. Noun. Sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates.
Group relationships: Chondrichthyes, Class Chondrichthyes
Member holonyms: Elasmobranch, Selachian, Family Hexanchidae, Hexanchidae, Family Lamnidae, Lamnidae, Cetorhinidae, Family Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Family Alopiidae, Family Orectolobidae, Orectolobidae, Carchariidae, Family Carchariidae, Family Odontaspididae, Odontaspididae, Family Rhincodontidae, Rhincodontidae, Family Scyliorhinidae, Scyliorhinidae, Carcharhinidae, Family Carcharhinidae, Family Triakidae, Triakidae, Family Squalidae, Squalidae, Family Sphyrnidae, Sphyrnidae, Family Squatinidae, Squatinidae, Order Torpediniformes, Torpediniformes, Batoidei, Order Batoidei, Order Rajiformes, Rajiformes
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Subclass selachii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"... subclass selachii. (THE SELACHIANS.) This group, sufficiently defined above,
includes two orders, the Sharks and the Rays, — marine fishes of large size ..."
2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"ANALYSIS OF ORDERS OF ELASMOBRANCHS. * Gill-openings slit-like, 5 to 7 in number;
jaws distinct from the skull. (subclass selachii.) t Gill-openings lateral ..."
3. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Subclass SELACHII.* (THE SHARKS AND SKATES.) Thia group, sufficiently defined
above, includes among recent fishes, the Shark* and the Rays, ..."
4. Arrangement of the Families of Fishes by Theodore Gill (1872)
"317-343. Prof. Cope's primary divisions or subclasses of the class PISCES are as
follows :— Subclass HOLOCEPHALI. Subclass SELACHII. Subclass DIPNOI. ..."
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