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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
            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 tobagoensis var. damula
                        Voluta tobagoensis var. guinaica
                    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