Family Stegostomatidae Gill 1862

Stegostomatinae Gill 1862p:407, 408 [ref. 1783] (subfamily) Stegostoma [stem changed to Stegostom- by Gill 1893b:130 [ref. 26255], confirmed by Fowler 1941a:67 [ref. 6536]; family name sometimes seen as Stegastomatidae]