Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Gymnosomata > Superfamily Clionoidea > Family Clionidae

Clione Pallas, 1774

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Clione antarctica E. A. Smith, 1902
Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハダカカメガイ属

Literature

original description	Pallas, P. S. (1774). Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. [Book series, 14 volumes]. Fasciculus 10, pp. 1–41, 4 plates.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
basis of record	Yamazaki, T.; Kumahara, T. (2017). A new species of Clione distinguished from sympatric C. limacina (Gastropoda: Gymnosomata) in the southern Okhotsk Sea, Japan, with remarks on the taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83(1): 19-26.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Clione Pallas, 1774. 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:137793