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Clio

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae

Taxonomy
Clio was named by Linnaeus (1767) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Thecostomata by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Clioinae by Beesley (1998); to Cavoliniidae by Squires (1989) and Todd (2001); and to Thecosomata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Clio Linnaeus
1947Clio Harris and Palmer p. 462
1989Clio Squires p. 446
1998Clio Beesley p. 982
2001Clio Todd
2002Clio Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderThecosomataBlainville 1823
familyCavoliniidaed'Orbigny 1842
genusClioLinnaeus 1767

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Clio Linnaeus 1767
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Subg. †Clio (Balantium) Children 1823
Subg. †Clio (Bellardiclio) Janssen 2004
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Invalid names: Balantium braidense Bellardi 1878 [synonym], Cleodora braidense Bellardi 1905 [synonym], Clio braidense Bellardi 1897 [synonym]
Subg. †Clio (Clio) Linnaeus 1767
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†Clio (Clio) pyramidata Linnaeus 1767
†Clio berglundi Squires 1989
†Clio cuspidata Bosc 1802
†Clio goederti Squires 1989
†Clio kendacensis Jung 1971
†Clio ortheziana Benoist 1889
†Clio simplex Meyer 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:42:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:42:46
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. simplex (1423 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago C. maxima (93365)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) C. berglundi (194015)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) C. berglundi (91624 194068)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Landes) C. lozoueti (152694)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. lozoueti (152695) C. nielseni, C. sp. 1, C. vasconiensis (74860)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Washington) C. berglundi (194066) C. goederti (194067)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Austria C. sp. (99160)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada C. kendacensis (58643 58649 58652 58654 58655 58656) C. pulcherrima, C. kendacensis (58644) C. pulcherrims, C. pedemontana, C. sp., C. kendacensis (58642) C. sp. (58648) C. sp., C. kendacensis (58640)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France C. sp. 2 (74867) C. sp., C. sp. 2 (74869)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago C. pulcherrima, C. lavaysea (93369)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy C. pedemontana, C. pyramidata (73616) C. sulcosa (178522)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France C. sp. 2 (70313)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France C. ortheziana (171345)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) C. sp. (113998)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) C. sp. (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. pyramidata (93715 181403 181407 181408) C. sp., C. pyramidata, C. cuspidata (93691)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Shizuoka) C. pyramidate (179928)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (79982)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal C. sp., C. braidensis, C. pyramidata (152328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica C. braidensis, C. pyramidata (34539)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy C. pyramidata (178221)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile C. promaucana (79201 79202 79207)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica C. pyramidata (69091)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (61340)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain C. pyramidata (80559) C. pyramidata, C. cuspidata (80558)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) C. pyramidata (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (79794 79988 79989 135885)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (79871)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece C. pyramidata (190371)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. pyramidata (88886)