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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
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
          Muricoidea
            Muricidae
            Coralliophilidae
            Cystiscidae
            Marginellidae
            Mitridae
            Turbinellidae
            Volutidae
              Athletinae
              Volutinae
                Volutini
                    Voluta
                      Voluta ebraea
                      Voluta hebraea
                      Voluta turbinata
                      Voluta morrisoni
                      Voluta musica
                      Voluta angulata
                      Voluta nasica
                      Voluta chorea
                      Voluta confusa
                      Voluta incarnata
                      Voluta laevigata
                      Voluta lineata
                      Voluta maculata
                      Voluta turbata
                      Voluta muta
                      Voluta nodulosa
                      Voluta plicata
                      Voluta reticulata
                      Voluta rosea
                      Voluta sulcata
                      Voluta carneolata
                      Voluta violacea
                      Voluta thiarella
                      Voluta tobagoensis
                      Voluta rugifera
                      Voluta polypleura
                      Voluta demarcoi
                      Voluta virescens
                      Voluta polyzonalis
                      Voluta pusio
                      Voluta fulva
                      Voluta africana
                      Voluta bullata
                      Voluta vexillum
                      Voluta indica
                      Voluta interpuncta
                      Voluta (Callipara)
                      Voluta brazieri
                      Voluta nucleus
                      Voluta harpa
                      Voluta costata
                      Voluta lyrata
                      Voluta multicostata
                      Voluta uniplicata
                      Voluta magellanica
                      Voluta spectabilis
                      Voluta bracata
                      Voluta martensi
                      Voluta fusiformis
                      Voluta festiva
                      Voluta oviformis
                      Voluta rudis
                      Voluta colocynthis
                      Voluta ancilla
                      Voluta mangeri
                      Voluta paradoxa
                      Voluta subnodosa
                      Voluta tuberculata
                      Voluta rubiginosa
                      Voluta scafa
                      Voluta proboscidale
                      Voluta grangeri
                      Voluta fulminata
                      Voluta capitata
                      Voluta gracilis
                      Voluta luteostoma
                      Voluta corona
                      Voluta flammula
                      Voluta kaupi
                      Voluta lugubris
                      Voluta modesta
                      Voluta signifer
                      Voluta tissotiana
                      Voluta volvacea
                      Voluta grayae
                      Voluta adcocki
                      Voluta pacifica
                      Voluta elongata
                      Voluta arnheimi
                      Voluta kenyoniana
                      Voluta fusiformis
                      Voluta harfordi
                      Voluta reticulata
                      Voluta pallida
                      Voluta pallida
                      Voluta volva
                      Voluta angasii
                      Voluta sclateri
                      Voluta lineata
                      Voluta stragulata
                      Voluta marmorata
                      Voluta norrisii
                      Voluta fasciata
                      Voluta macgillivrayi
                      Voluta norrisii
                      Voluta gatliffi
                      Voluta australiae
                      Voluta piperita
                      Voluta ruckeri
                      Voluta lineolata
                      Voluta mitis
                      Voluta serpentina
                      Voluta punctata
                      Voluta perryi
                      Voluta armata
                      Voluta cithara
                      Voluta diadema
                      Voluta haustrum
                      Voluta regia
                      Voluta lamarckii
                      Voluta anguria
                      Voluta citrina
                      Voluta indica
                      Voluta nautica
                      Voluta ducalis
                      Voluta elegans
                    Plejona
                    Musica
                    Volutarius
                    Chlorosina
                    Volutolyria
                    Harpula
                Lyriini
              Calliotectinae
              Scaphellinae
              Cymbiinae
              Amoriinae
              Plicolivinae
              Fulgorariinae
            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