Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Clionaida

Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Clionidae*	d'Orbigny, 1851	junior homonym
*Cliona*	Grant, 1826	taxonomically included in
*Cliothosa*	Topsent, 1905	taxonomically included in
*Dotona*	Carter, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Pione*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Spiroxya*	Topsent, 1896	taxonomically included in
*Volzia*	Rosell & Uriz, 1997	taxonomically included in

Children

Cliona Grant, 1826
Cliothosa Topsent, 1905
Dotona Carter, 1880
Pione Gray, 1867
Spiroxya Topsent, 1896
Volzia Rosell & Uriz, 1997

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. [D.] d'. (1849). Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Paris: Masson. 557 pp. [1(1): 1-299; 1(2) 1-258].
basis of record	Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.
source of synonymy	Bouchet, P.; Rützler, K. (2002). Clionidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (Porifera,Hadromerida): proposed emendment of spelling to Clionaidae to remove homonymy with Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca Pteropoda) and Clionidae Rafinesque, 1815 and Clioidae Jeffreys, 1869 (Mollusca, Pteropoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 60 (2): 99-102.
source of synonymy	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.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170417