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Clavulina

Demospongiae - Clavulina

Taxonomy
Clavulina was named by Vosmaer (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Clavaxinellida by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Clavulina Vosmaer
2004Clavulina Finks et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887

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.

Or. Clavulina Vosmaer 1887
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Fm. Adociidae De Laubenfels 1936
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G. Aka De Laubenfels 1936
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†Aka muelleri Reitner and Keupp 1991
Fm. †Clionaidae d'Orbigny 1851
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G. Alectona Carter 1879
G. †Clionoides Fenton and Fenton 1932
G. †Clionolithes Clark 1908
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Invalid names: Olkenbachia [synonym]
G. †Entobia Bronn 1838
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†Entobia cateniformis Bromley and D'Alessandro 1984
†Entobia cretacea Portlock 1843
†Entobia laquea Bromley and D'Alessandro 1984
Invalid names: Entobia Bronn 1838 [objective synonym]
G. †Filuroda Solle 1938
G. †Palaeosabella Clarke 1921
G. †Runia Marek 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringo
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 09:21:39
Modified: 2007-10-08 11:21:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Holocene or 433.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 430.5 Ma

Collections (317 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden Palaeosabella sp. (198679)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) Clionolithes sp. (24907 25705)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) Clionolithes sp. (8344 8353)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Clionolithes sollei (75683 75691) Clionolithes sp. (8503 8504 8508)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) Palaeosabella sp. (37082)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Parana) Palaeosabella sp. (37106)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Morocco Clionolithes sp. (226635)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Clionolithes sp. (5619)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Alsace) Clionolithes sp. (65764 65766)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Clionolithes sp. (38298 38299 38300)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Montana) Clionolithes sp. (5632 5646)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Cliona paleodendrica, Cliona stellata, Cliona fenestralis, Clionolithes radicans (5611)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) Cliona lenticula (38545)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Italy Aka cassianensis (182585) Aka sp. (182570)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Aka cassianensis (67620)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Aka cassianensis (34691)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Morocco Aka sp. (24140)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Cliona hieroglyphica (114678)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) Entobia sp. (41417)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal Cliona sp. (68246)