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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
              Rapaninae
              Ocenebrinae
              Typhinae
              Haustrinae
              Muricopsinae
              Trophoninae
                  Houartiella
                  Trophon
                    Trophon barvicensis
                    Trophon clathratus
                    Trophon clavatus
                    Trophon dabneyi
                    Trophon droueti
                    Trophon echinatus
                    Trophon fabricii
                    Trophon muricatus
                    Trophon truncatus
                    Trophon albolabratus
                    Trophon brevispira
                    Trophon coulmanensis
                    Trophon distantelamellatus
                    Trophon geversianus
                    Trophon longstaffi
                    Trophon nucelliformis
                    Trophon plicatus
                    Trophon shackletoni
                    Trophon arnaudi
                    Trophon emilyae
                    Trophon ceciliae
                    Trophon condei
                    Trophon vangoethemi
                    Trophon parodizi
                    Trophon levis
                    Trophon paivae
                    Trophon hanleyi
                    Trophon australis
                    Trophon assisi
                    Trophon squamosissima
                    Trophon cepula
                    Trophon richardsoni
                    Trophon decoratus
                    Trophon (Boreotrophon)
                    Trophon cinguliferus
                    Trophon bahamondei
                    Trophon barnardi
                    Trophon breviatus
                    Trophon clenchi
                    Trophon dispar
                    Trophon eversoni
                    Trophon philippianus
                    Trophon iarae
                    Trophon leptocharteres
                    Trophon macquariensis
                    Trophon mawsoni
                    Trophon multilamellatus
                    Trophon ohlini
                    Trophon patagonicus
                    Trophon necocheanum
                    Trophon paucilamellatus
                    Trophon pelecetus
                    Trophon pelseneeri
                    Trophon d'Orbignyi
                    Trophon antarcticus
                    Trophon poirieria
                    Trophon purdyae
                    Trophon melvillsmithi
                    Trophon triacanthus
                    Trophon lorenzoensis
                    Trophon agulhasensis
                    Trophon insignis
                    Trophon kowieensis
                    Trophon sarmentosus
                    Trophon columnarius
                    Trophon clathratus
                    Trophon petterdi
                    Trophon triangulatus
                    Trophon (Kalydon)
                    Trophon lacrima
                    Trophon tirardi
                    Trophon acanthodes
                    Trophon (Enixotrophon)
                    Trophon simplex
                    Trophon gouldi
                    Trophon amettei
                    Trophon malvinarum
                    Trophon laminatus
                    Trophon polyphillia
                    Trophon recurvatus
                    Trophon stimuleus
                    Trophon brazieri
                    Trophon latior
                    Trophon longior
                    Trophon subtropicalis
                    Trophon priestleyi
                    Trophon stuarti
                    Trophon coronatus
                    Trophon dalli
                    Trophon muriciformis
                    Trophon raymondi
                    Trophon abyssorum
                    Trophon acceptans
                    Trophon aculeatus
                    Trophon araios
                    Trophon columbarioides
                    Trophon carduelis
                    Trophon concepcionensis
                    Trophon carinatus
                    Trophon cossmanni
                    Trophon deversus
                    Trophon fraseri
                    Trophon grimaldii
                    Trophon guineensis
                    Trophon johannthielei
                    Trophon lacunellus
                    Trophon mucrone
                    Trophon multigradus
                    Trophon obtuseliratus
                    Trophon planispina
                    Trophon plicilaminatus
                    Trophon pulchellus
                    Trophon sansibaricus
                    Trophon siberutensis
                    Trophon tenuirostratus
                    Trophon veronicae
                    Trophon verrillii
                    Trophon (Trophonopsis)
                    Trophon scitulus
                    Trophon craticulatum
                    Trophon heuglini
                    Trophon interstriatus
                    Trophon maltzani
                    Trophon subserratus
                    Trophon crispulatus
                    Trophon pistillum
                    Trophon aberrans
                    Trophon cuspidarioides
                    Trophon richardi
                    Trophon fasciolarioides
                    Trophon mioplectos
                    Trophon curta
                    Trophon segmentatus
                    Trophon similidroueti
                    Trophon euschema
                    Trophon spiratum
                    Trophon convexus
                    Trophon erectus
                    Trophon columnaris
                    Trophon mortenseni
                    Trophon pusillus
                    Trophon waipipicola
                    Trophon ringei
                    Trophon brucei
                    Trophon elongatus
                    Trophon falklandicus
                    Trophon hoylei
                    Trophon ornatus
                    Trophon standeni
                    Trophon acuminatus
                    Trophon albus
                    Trophon couthouyi
                    Trophon elegans
                    Trophon fenestratus
                    Trophon lebruni
                    Trophon loebbeckei
                    Trophon obesus
                    Trophon paessleri
                    Trophon pseudoelongatus
                    Trophon violaceus
                    Trophon incompta
                    Trophon squamulifera
                    Trophon fimbriatulum
                    Trophon gruveli
                    Trophon catalinensis
                    Trophon cerrosensis
                    Trophon pinnatus
                    Trophon beebei
                    Trophon jucundus
                    Trophon engonatus
                    Trophon angustus
                    Trophon goldsteini
                    Trophon (Pascula)
                    Trophon birileffi
                    Trophon fimbriatus
                    Trophon lowei
                    Trophon umbilicatus
                    Trophon tumida
                    Trophon (Acanthotrophon)
                    Trophon muricatoides
                    Trophon molorthus
                    Trophon dubius
                    Trophon declinans
                    Trophon celebensis
                  Boreotrophon
                  Scabrotrophon
                  Trophonopsis
                  Pagodula
                  Tromina
                  Xymenopsis
                  Afritrophon
                  Gemixystus
                  Polyplex
                  Stramonitrophon
                  Muricidea
                  Abyssotrophon
                  Anatrophon
                  Benthoxystus
                  Comptella
                  Conchatalos
                  Coronium
                  Enatimene
                  Fuegotrophon
                  Apixystus
                  Leptotrophon
                  Nipponotrophon
                  Nodulotrophon
                  Pinon
                  Enixotrophon
                  Paratrophon
                  Terefundus
                  Chalmon
                  Xenotrophon
                  Xymene
                  Kalydon
                  Lenitrophon
                  Axymene
                  Xymenella
                  Zeatrophon
                  Litozamia
                  Minortrophon
              Ergalataxinae
              Tripterotyphinae
              Coralliophilinae
            Coralliophilidae
            Cystiscidae
            Marginellidae
            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