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You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

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
        Fissurelloidea
        Scissurelloidea
        Haliotoidea
        Trochoidea
          Trochidae
          Turbinidae
            Skeneinae
            Margaritinae
            Turbininae
                Bolma
                Turbo
                  Turbo littoreus
                  Turbo obtusatus
                  Turbo spiralis
                  Turbo shepeianus
                  Turbo striatus
                  Turbo coronatus
                  Turbo marmoratus
                  Turbo japonicus
                  Turbo argyrostomus
                  Turbo radiatus
                  Turbo elegans
                  Turbo regenfussi
                  Turbo imperialis
                  Turbo ticaonicus
                  Turbo intercostalis
                  Turbo splendidulus
                  Turbo reevei
                  Turbo petholatus
                  Turbo cidaris
                  Turbo fortispiralis
                  Turbo markusrufi
                  Turbo jungi
                  Turbo gruneri
                  Turbo haraldi
                  Turbo sarmaticus
                  Turbo cornutus
                  Turbo fluctuosus
                  Turbo exquisitus
                  Turbo mazatlanicus
                  Turbo jourdani
                  Turbo saxosus
                  Turbo laetus
                  Turbo haynesi
                  Turbo heterocheilus
                  Turbo bruneus
                  Turbo cepoides
                  Turbo setosus
                  Turbo sparverius
                  Turbo squamosus
                  Turbo stenogyrus
                  Turbo tuberculosus
                  Turbo squamiger
                  Turbo jonathani
                  Turbo cailletii
                  Turbo terebra
                  Turbo duplicatus
                  Turbo exoletus
                  Turbo variegatus
                  Turbo imbricatus
                  Turbo ungulinus
                  Turbo acutangulus
                  Turbo replicatus
                  Turbo undulatus
                  Turbo debesi
                  Turbo marisrubri
                  Turbo walteri
                  Turbo somnueki
                  Turbo heisei
                  Turbo obsoletus
                  Turbo torcularis
                  Turbo vermicularis
                  Turbo canaliculatus
                  Turbo castanea
                  Turbo cernicus
                  Turbo granosus
                  Turbo albofasciatus
                  Turbo artensis
                  Turbo aurantius
                  Turbo cinereus
                  Turbo crassus
                  Turbo excellens
                  Turbo funiculosus
                  Turbo gemmatus
                  Turbo granulatus
                  Turbo histrio
                  Turbo lamniferus
                  Turbo magnificus
                  Turbo moluccensis
                  Turbo moniliformis
                  Turbo pulcher
                  Turbo scitulus
                  Turbo smaragdus
                  Turbo torquatus
                  Turbo tursicus
                  Turbo viridicallus
                  Turbo argyrostoma
                  Turbo articulatus
                  Turbo concinnus
                  Turbo disjunctus
                  Turbo margaritaceus
                  Turbo variabilis
                  Turbo albus
                  Turbo Modelia
                  Turbo (Modelia)
                Lunella
                Astralium
                Astraea
                Lithopoma
                Bellastraea
                Megastraea
                Lunatica
            Prisogasterinae
            Skeneinae
            Tegulinae
          Cyclostrematidae
          Stomatellidae
          Liotiidae
          Calliostomatidae
          Solariellidae
          Skeneidae
        Seguenzioidea
        Angarioidea
        Phasianelloidea
        Turbinoidea
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      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