What is the scientific name of shark shark?

There are many orders and species of sharks. They all belong to the: Chondrichthyes Class, Subclass: ElasmobranchiiSuperorder: Selachimorph.

Then each species belongs to one or other of over ten orders within this superorder. The Carcharhiniformes is one of them. The Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias belongs to this order. For more information see 'Related Links' below.