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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
          Muricoidea
            Muricidae
            Coralliophilidae
            Cystiscidae
            Marginellidae
              Granulininae
              Marginellinae
                  Marginella
                  Volvarina
                    Volvarina ampelusica
                    Volvarina ingolfi
                    Volvarina mitrella
                    Volvarina oceanica
                    Volvarina olivaeformis
                    Volvarina ptychasthena
                    Volvarina roberti
                    Volvarina boyeri
                    Volvarina cernita
                    Volvarina corallina
                    Volvarina joubini
                    Volvarina mediocincta
                    Volvarina nuriae
                    Volvarina taeniata
                    Volvarina verdensis
                    Volvarina capensis
                    Volvarina vistamarina
                    Volvarina baenai
                    Volvarina criolla
                    Volvarina ficoi
                    Volvarina ginae
                    Volvarina helenae
                    Volvarina bayeri
                    Volvarina nealei
                    Volvarina dalli
                    Volvarina veraguasensis
                    Volvarina splendida
                    Volvarina ryalli
                    Volvarina adrianadiae
                    Volvarina bavecchii
                    Volvarina frazzinii
                    Volvarina mores
                    Volvarina parviginella
                    Volvarina tripartita
                    Volvarina triplicatilla
                    Volvarina insulana
                    Volvarina albolineata
                    Volvarina avena
                    Volvarina banesensis
                    Volvarina carmelae
                    Volvarina dulcemariae
                    Volvarina enriquei
                    Volvarina fauna
                    Volvarina floresensis
                    Volvarina garycooverti
                    Volvarina habanera
                    Volvarina ibarrae
                    Volvarina isabelae
                    Volvarina juanjoi
                    Volvarina maya
                    Volvarina nympha
                    Volvarina styria
                    Volvarina subtriplicata
                    Volvarina brasiliana
                    Volvarina tunicata
                    Volvarina bessei
                    Volvarina hennequini
                    Volvarina ofeliae
                    Volvarina aldeynzeri
                    Volvarina jimcordyi
                    Volvarina tessae
                    Volvarina pseudophilippinarum
                    Volvarina cordyorum
                    Volvarina alcoladoi
                    Volvarina betyae
                    Volvarina guajira
                    Volvarina jaguanensis
                    Volvarina noeli
                    Volvarina ceciliae
                    Volvarina linae
                    Volvarina socae
                    Volvarina yolandae
                    Volvarina alejandroi
                    Volvarina atabey
                    Volvarina yayaeli
                    Volvarina laurauae
                    Volvarina sofiae
                    Volvarina adela
                    Volvarina affinis
                    Volvarina agatha
                    Volvarina albescens
                    Volvarina angolensis
                    Volvarina ardovinii
                    Volvarina armonica
                    Volvarina attenuata
                    Volvarina augerea
                    Volvarina avenella
                    Volvarina bazini
                    Volvarina bilineata
                    Volvarina bullula
                    Volvarina cachoi
                    Volvarina charbarensis
                    Volvarina compressa
                    Volvarina corusca
                    Volvarina deformis
                    Volvarina deliciosa
                    Volvarina diminuta
                    Volvarina dozei
                    Volvarina dunkeri
                    Volvarina effulgens
                    Volvarina elliptica
                    Volvarina eumorpha
                    Volvarina evanida
                    Volvarina exilis
                    Volvarina fasciata
                    Volvarina fugax
                    Volvarina gracilis
                    Volvarina haswelli
                    Volvarina hedleyi
                    Volvarina heterozona
                    Volvarina hirasei
                    Volvarina infans
                    Volvarina ingloria
                    Volvarina innexa
                    Volvarina janneefsi
                    Volvarina keppelensis
                    Volvarina kidwelli
                    Volvarina laciniatalabrum
                    Volvarina lactea
                    Volvarina laetitia
                    Volvarina maoriana
                    Volvarina mexicana
                    Volvarina micans
                    Volvarina micros
                    Volvarina modulata
                    Volvarina monice
                    Volvarina mustelina
                    Volvarina nevilli
                    Volvarina nyssa
                    Volvarina obscura
                    Volvarina occidua
                    Volvarina parvistriata
                    Volvarina pauli
                    Volvarina paumotensis
                    Volvarina pepefragai
                    Volvarina peregrina
                    Volvarina pericalles
                    Volvarina perrieri
                    Volvarina philippinarum
                    Volvarina plicatula
                    Volvarina pontesi
                    Volvarina pulchralinetata
                    Volvarina pupa
                    Volvarina rex
                    Volvarina rubella
                    Volvarina serrei
                    Volvarina socoae
                    Volvarina southwicki
                    Volvarina taeniolata
                    Volvarina tollere
                    Volvarina torresiana
                    Volvarina trailli
                    Volvarina unilineata
                    Volvarina vokesi
                    Volvarina volunta
                    Volvarina warrenii
                    Volvarina ameliensis
                    Volvarina riparia
                    Volvarina osmani
                    Volvarina angustata
                    Volvarina ealesae
                    Volvarina hyalina
                  Prunum
                  Dentimargo
                  Serrata
                  Hyalina
                  Protoginella
                  Hydroginella
                  Alaginella
                  Marginellini
                  Austroginellini
                  Prunini
                  Eratoidea
                  Bullata
                  Caribeginella
                  Closia
                  Cryptospira
                  Haloginella
                  Mesoginella
                  Serrataginella
                  Austroginella
                  Balanetta
                  Glabella
                  Ovaginella
                  Carinaginella
                  Cucumis
                  Deviginella
                  Egouena
                  Gibberulina
                  Longinella
                  Neptoginella
                  Pillarginella
                  Plicaginella
                  Porcellana
                  Pseudomarginella
                  Sinuginella
                  Spiroginella
                  Triginella
                  Volvarinella
              Marginelloninae
            Mitridae
            Turbinellidae
            Volutidae
            Volutomitridae
            Costellariidae
            Harpidae
            Pleioptygmatidae
            Columbariidae
            Babyloniidae
            Strepsiduridae
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
          Buccinoidea
          Volutoidea
          Olivoidea
          Pseudolivoidea
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        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