African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Clione Pallas, 1774

Parent

Clionoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Clioninae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (4)

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Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 141; note: original spelling (subfamily) Clionidia [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166 on 2026-05-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2011-04-30 06:57:51Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-11-19 00:32:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 141; note: original spelling (subfamily) Clionidia [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

basis of record ICZN. (2006). Opinion 2133 (Case 3211). Clionidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (Porifera, Hadromerida): emended to Clionaidae to remove homonymy with Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Pteropoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 63 (1): 51-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34352897 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clionidae)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

Clionidae