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The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
          Cerithioidea
          Heteroglossa
          Cerithiopsoidea
          Triphoroidea
          Epitonioidea
          Eulimoidea
            Aclididae
            Eulimidae
                Acrochalix
                Auriculigerina
                Batheulima
                Bathycrinicola
                Bulimeulima
                Campylorhaphion
                Costaclis
                Crinolamia
                Crinophtheiros
                Curveulima
                Echineulima
                Enteroxenos
                Entocolax
                Entoconcha
                Ersilia
                Eulima
                  Eulima altimirai
                  Eulima anonyma
                  Eulima bilineata
                  Eulima chionea
                  Eulima confusa
                  Eulima devistoma
                  Eulima fuscozonata
                  Eulima glabra
                  Eulima leptozona
                  Eulima strongylostoma
                  Eulima trifasciata
                  Eulima polita
                  Eulima major
                  Eulima chyta
                  Eulima elata
                  Eulima fuscescens
                  Eulima germana
                  Eulima masseneti
                  Eulima mulata
                  Eulima onychina
                  Eulima rectiuscula
                  Eulima mucronata
                  Eulima producta
                  Eulima opaca
                  Eulima imbricata
                  Eulima articulata
                  Eulima subcarinata
                  Eulima acerrima
                  Eulima acicularis
                  Eulima aclis
                  Eulima adamsii
                  Eulima admantina
                  Eulima agulhasensis
                  Eulima albanyana
                  Eulima amblia
                  Eulima angustior
                  Eulima antarctica
                  Eulima antiflexa
                  Eulima archeyi
                  Eulima arcuata
                  Eulima arcuata
                  Eulima atypha
                  Eulima aucklandica
                  Eulima augustoi
                  Eulima australasica
                  Eulima badia
                  Eulima bipartita
                  Eulima breviuscula
                  Eulima campyla
                  Eulima capillastericola
                  Eulima caroli
                  Eulima chaskanon
                  Eulima chaunax
                  Eulima cionella
                  Eulima columnaria
                  Eulima communis
                  Eulima compacta
                  Eulima compsa
                  Eulima conica
                  Eulima convexa
                  Eulima crassiuscula
                  Eulima cunaeformis
                  Eulima curva
                  Eulima cylindrata
                  Eulima cylindrica
                  Eulima dautzenbergi
                  Eulima definita
                  Eulima dentaliopsis
                  Eulima dentiens
                  Eulima deshayesi
                  Eulima diaphana
                  Eulima distincta
                  Eulima dubia
                  Eulima dubusi
                  Eulima dysnoeta
                  Eulima eburnea
                  Eulima elodia
                  Eulima elongata
                  Eulima ephamilla
                  Eulima eurychada
                  Eulima excellens
                  Eulima exulata
                  Eulima flexa
                  Eulima franquiae
                  Eulima fricata
                  Eulima fulva
                  Eulima fuscostrigata
                  Eulima gibba
                  Eulima glaberrima
                  Eulima gomphus
                  Eulima gratiosa
                  Eulima grimaldii
                  Eulima hians
                  Eulima hyalina
                  Eulima hypsela
                  Eulima incerta
                  Eulima incerta
                  Eulima inconspicua
                  Eulima indeflexa
                  Eulima iota
                  Eulima jucunda
                  Eulima kawamurai
                  Eulima koeneni
                  Eulima labiosa
                  Eulima lacca
                  Eulima langleyi
                  Eulima latipes
                  Eulima legrandi
                  Eulima leptostoma
                  Eulima mamilla
                  Eulima mangonuica
                  Eulima manzoniana
                  Eulima martyni
                  Eulima minuscula
                  Eulima modesta
                  Eulima modicella
                  Eulima montagueana
                  Eulima newtoni
                  Eulima nitidula
                  Eulima oblonga
                  Eulima obtusa
                  Eulima otagoensis
                  Eulima oxyacme
                  Eulima pachychila
                  Eulima parva
                  Eulima paxillus
                  Eulima pelluscens
                  Eulima peracuta
                  Eulima perminima
                  Eulima petterdi
                  Eulima philippii
                  Eulima politissima
                  Eulima psila
                  Eulima pyramidalis
                  Eulima reclinata
                  Eulima recta
                  Eulima recurva
                  Eulima riss
                  Eulima rutila
                  Eulima sarsi
                  Eulima scitula
                  Eulima semitorta
                  Eulima similis
                  Eulima simplex
                  Eulima solitaria
                  Eulima stylata
                  Eulima subconica
                  Eulima subula
                  Eulima sumatrensis
                  Eulima tenisoni
                  Eulima thersites
                  Eulima tithaica
                  Eulima translucida
                  Eulima triggi
                  Eulima tristis
                  Eulima truncata
                  Eulima tumidula
                  Eulima turgidula
                  Eulima undulosa
                  Eulima valida
                  Eulima varians
                  Eulima venusta
                  Eulima victoriae
                  Eulima acutissima
                  Eulima albida
                  Eulima almo
                  Eulima amanda
                  Eulima balteata
                  Eulima barthelowi
                  Eulima bifascialis
                  Eulima broadbentae
                  Eulima crossei
                  Eulima exigua
                  Eulima fischeri
                  Eulima gracilenta
                  Eulima hastata
                  Eulima inca
                  Eulima jaculum
                  Eulima lapazana
                  Eulima leachi
                  Eulima lodderae
                  Eulima mioacutissima
                  Eulima padangensis
                  Eulima panamensis
                  Eulima picturata
                  Eulima pusilla
                  Eulima salsa
                  Eulima taeniata
                  Eulima tornata
                  Eulima townsendi
                  Eulima unilineata
                  Eulima alba
                  Eulima angustior
                  Eulima crassula
                  Eulima decussata
                  Eulima labrosa
                  Eulima perversa
                  Eulima similis
                  Eulima sororcula
                  Eulima subangulata
                  Eulima sublabrosa
                  Eulima venatrix
                  Eulima wetherelli
                  Eulima cingulata
                  Eulima conica
                  Eulima curvata
                  Eulima elegantissima
                  Eulima fallax
                  Eulima gibbosula
                  Eulima hua
                  Eulima kowiensis
                  Eulima melvilli
                  Eulima munda
                  Eulima odontoidea
                  Eulima paria
                  Eulima quadrasi
                  Eulima subrostrata
                  Eulima subtruncata
                  Eulima conaminis
                  Eulima lineata
                  Eulima anglica
                  Eulima subangulata
                  Eulima conoidalis
                  Eulima picta
                  Eulima gracillima
                  Eulima conica
                  Eulima pusilla
                  Eulima proxima
                  Eulima arcuata
                  Eulima hastata
                  Eulima retrorsa
                  Eulima solida
                  Eulima brunnea
                  Eulima interrupta
                  Eulima marmorata
                  Eulima splendidula
                  Eulima brevis
                  Eulima submarginata
                  Eulima bilineata
                  Eulima bilineata
                  Eulima polita
                  Eulima trifasciata
                  Eulima stenostoma
                  Eulima vitrea
                  Eulima intermedia
                  Eulima inflexa
                  Eulima munita
                  Eulima caelata
                  Eulima healeyi
                  Eulima alaskensis
                  Eulima raymondi
                Eulitoma
                Fuscapex
                Fusceulima
                Haliella
                Halielloides
                Hemiaclis
                Megadenus
                Melanella
                Mucronalia
                Nanobalcis
                Niso
                Oceanida
                Ophieulima
                Ophiolamia
                Parastilbe
                Parvioris
                Pelseneeria
                Pisolamia
                Rectilabrum
                Sabinella
                Sticteulima
                Umbilibalcis
                Vitreolina
                Coenaculum
                Chileutomia
                Palisadia
            Thycidae
          Ampullarioidea
          Campaniloidea
          Ptenoglossa
        Littorinimorpha
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera