Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Synonym: Entobia Bronn 1838 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Clionaidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Hantzschel 1975, Maisch et al. 2020 and Novack-Gottshall 2025
Sister taxa: Alectona, Cliona, Clionoides, Clionolithes, Filuroda, Palaeosabella, Runia, Thoosa
Subtaxa: Entobia cateniformis Entobia cretacea Entobia laquea
Type: Entobia cretacea
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (1 collection), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Spain (2)
• Miocene of Cyprus (1), France (1), India (1), Italy (2), Malta (2), Panama (1), United States (4: California, Maryland)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Eocene of Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of France (8), Spain (1), United States (4: California)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 40 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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