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Cliona

Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae

Taxonomy
Cliona is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Clionaidae.

It was assigned to Hadromerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clionaidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cliona Sepkoski
2004Cliona Finks et al. p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
familyClionaidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusCliona

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available