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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
C. fenestralis, C. paleodendrica, C. stellata

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 12:16:18
Modified: 2009-04-21 14:16:18
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 330.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (242 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) C. paleodendrica, C. stellata, C. fenestralis (5611)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) C. lenticula (38545)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) C. hieroglyphica (114678)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal C. sp. (68246)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany C. sp. (34608)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) C. sp. (1878)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Kansas) C. sp. (1986 1992 1993 2004 2011 2013 2015 2019 2020 2022 2040)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (1818)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) C. retiformis (4640 4642 4645 4656 4657 4660 6473 6483 6487 6525 6541 6548 6563)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany C. sp. (74484 74486)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France C. sp. (74500)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (7623)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Hungary C. vastifica (74809)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Marshall Islands C. sp. (74534)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) C. cretacica (88610)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. sp. (6146 6155 6156 6157 6170 6172 6175 6176)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) C. cretacica (3870 3877 3883 124930)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) C. aretacica (124933) C. cretacica (52504 124935) C. microtuberum (46617)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (4145 7606)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) C. sp. (4388 4389 4391 4392)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. microtuberum (7517) C. sp. (4542 4545 4551 4557 4560 4564 4565 4570 4585 4615 4618 4619 4621 4628)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) C. cretacea (26818) C. cretacica (78124) C. microtuberus, C. cretacica (57915)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) C. sp. (4282)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4238 4245 4248 4249 4256 4261 4264 4270)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (4104 4105 4107 4108 4109 4110 4111 4112 4113 4116 4118)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) C. cretacica (124937) C. sp. (4377)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4174 4175 4177 4178 4179 4180 4181 4182 4183 4186 4194 4196 4197 4198 4199 4201 4202 4203 4205 4210 4213 4214 4215 4216 4218 4220 4224 4225 4226 4227 4228 4230 4231 4233 4236 4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) C. sp. (4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (4363 7614 7630)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (4106 4123 4126 4127 4136 4137 4142 4144 4146 4147 4148 4151 4152 4156 4160 4161 4163 4164 4166 4167 4169 4170 4171 4172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (4394 4395 4396 4399 4400 4404 4405 4409 4412 4413 4414 4430 4431 4433 4449 4450 4451 4459 4461 4462 4463 4464 4472 4475 4482 4483 4485 4486 4489 4491 4493 4498 4501 4503 4504 4506 4507 4508 4509 4511 4512 4513 4517 4518 4520 4521 4522 4523 4536 4632)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) C. sp. (3113)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (5386)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. sp. (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica C. sp. (77775)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Rhode Island) C. sp. (88533)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt C. sp. (50927)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland C. sp. (70539)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain C. sp. (69841)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium C. sp. (80674)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) C. sp. (62469)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) C. sulphurea (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (60923 60927 60928 60929 60930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. sp. (96900 96901)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. sp. (57702 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) C. sulphurea (66720)