suberitidæ

pl. [Modern Lat. suber it (es); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool. & Palæont .: A family of Monaxonida (approximately the Monaxon ide (q.v.) of Schmidt). The spicules are pin-shaped, densely aggregated in fibers or matted. There is no network of flesh spicules. R. v. Lendenfeld (Proc. Zool. Soc ., 1886, p. 554) enumerates eleven genera, one of which (Cliona) dates from the Silurian, and another (Poterion) from the Chalk.