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Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 166

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Gymnosomata (Order) > Clionoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Clionoidea
Source  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch vlerkslakken  [details]
Swedish änglavingsnäckor  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Clione Pallas, 1774
Subfamily Clioninae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Fowlerina Pelseneer, 1906
Genus Paedoclione Danforth, 1907
Genus Paraclione Tesch, 1903
Genus Thalassopterus Kwietniewski, 1910
Genus Thliptodon Boas, 1886
Subfamily Thliptodontinae Kwietniewski, 1902

Genus Trichocyclus Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Clione Pallas, 1774
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
Notes  Description: Massive domed or encrusting sponges. Microscleres spiral-shaped. Can burrow into dead coral <282>. [details]

Nomenclature: The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3.1 of the Code, is to remove homonymy between the family names CLIONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca) and CLIONIDAE d'Orbigny, 1851 (Porifera) by changing the spelling of the junior homonym. It is proposed that the entire name Cliona Grant, 1826 (Porifera) be used to form CLIONAIDAE, leaving the stem of the senior homonym (based on the name Clione Pallas, 1774, Mollusca) unchanged. Clione Pallas, 1774 and Clio Linnaeus, 1767 are respectively the type genera of CLIONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca) and CLIOIDAE Jeffreys, 1869 (Mollusca).
Awaiting opinion [details]
Image 
Clionidae
Clionidae
added on 2011-05-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jean-François St-Pierre ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2011-04-30 06:57:51Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166 on 2013-05-22
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