| Lamna Temporal range: Earliest Danian to Present
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| Porbeagle (L. nasus) | |
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| Salmon shark (L. ditropis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Lamna Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Lamna nasus Bonnaterre, 1788 porbeagle
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| Synonyms | |
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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.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-09.