Clione is a genus of small, floating sea slugs, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae, the sea angels.Gofas, S. (2012). Clione. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137793 on 2012-07-23
Clione is the type genus of the family Clionidae.
Species Species within the genus Clione include: Clione antarctica (Smith, 1902) Clione elegantissima (Dall, 1871) Clione japonica Yamazaki, Shimada & Zhang, 2025Yamazaki, T., Shimada, H. & Zhang, J. (2025). “A New cryptic Species of Clione (Gastropoda) in deep waters of the Japan Sea (East Sea) and shallow waters of the southern Okhotsk Sea”. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. In Press, Corrected Proof. . Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774) Clione okhotensis Yamazaki & Kuwahara, 2017
References
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Further reading Gilmer R. W. & Lalli C. M. (1990). "Bipolar variation in Clione, a gymnosomatous pteropod". Am. Malacol. Union Bull. 8(1): 67-75.