OTHER REMAINS FROM THE FALUNS OF TOURAINE
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Description Genus Species Family Origin
cliona (boring sponges having colonized shells) Cliona cf. celata Clionaidae Paulmy

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Cliona is a sponge which, by acid secretions, attacks a calcareous shell to settle into this one. The result is numerous perforations with two very different sizes: about one millimetre on one hand and about one tenth of millimetre on the other hand.