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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
              Granulininae
              Marginellinae
                Marginella
                  Marginella aronnax
                  Marginella colomborum
                  Marginella glabella
                  Marginella hesperia
                  Marginella impudica
                  Marginella limbata
                  Marginella marocana
                  Marginella subturrita
                  Marginella manceli
                  Marginella extra
                  Marginella picturata
                  Marginella savignyi
                  Marginella angustata
                  Marginella gemmula
                  Marginella festiva
                  Marginella orstomi
                  Marginella musica
                  Marginella rosea
                  Marginella piperata
                  Marginella ornata
                  Marginella nebulosa
                      Marginella nebulosa abyssinebulosa
                  Marginella eveleighi
                  Marginella helmatina
                  Marginella radiata
                  Marginella aequinoctialis
                  Marginella felixi
                  Marginella fishhoenkensis
                  Marginella anapaulae
                  Marginella lamarcki
                  Marginella geraldi
                  Marginella hybrida
                  Marginella purpurea
                  Marginella chalmersi
                  Marginella gemma
                  Marginella liparozona
                  Marginella melvilli
                  Marginella mauretanica
                  Marginella poppei
                  Marginella xicoi
                  Marginella gabrielae
                  Marginella marianae
                  Marginella immelmani
                  Marginella verdascai
                  Marginella broderickae
                  Marginella celestae
                  Marginella himburgae
                  Marginella pseudosebastiani
                  Marginella susanae
                  Marginella (Marginellona)
                  Marginella matthewsi
                  Marginella adamkusi
                  Marginella amazona
                  Marginella anna
                  Marginella aurantia
                  Marginella bairstowi
                  Marginella bavayi
                  Marginella belcheri
                  Marginella bicatenata
                  Marginella carquejai
                  Marginella caterinae
                  Marginella claudoni
                  Marginella cleryi
                  Marginella cloveri
                  Marginella cosmia
                  Marginella croukampi
                  Marginella desjardini
                  Marginella diadochus
                  Marginella emmae
                  Marginella epipolia
                  Marginella eucosmia
                  Marginella floccata
                  Marginella gilva
                  Marginella gloriosa
                  Marginella goodalli
                  Marginella hayesi
                  Marginella henrikasi
                  Marginella huberti
                  Marginella irrorata
                  Marginella joanae
                  Marginella joanmassierae
                  Marginella joostei
                  Marginella lateritia
                  Marginella lemaitrei
                  Marginella lineatolabrum
                  Marginella lineofasciata
                  Marginella lineolata
                  Marginella luculenta
                  Marginella lussii
                  Marginella lutea
                  Marginella marimba
                  Marginella millardi
                  Marginella minuscula
                  Marginella monicae
                  Marginella mosaica
                  Marginella munda
                  Marginella natalcinerea
                  Marginella nevillana
                  Marginella pachista
                  Marginella peelae
                  Marginella petitii
                  Marginella pseudornata
                  Marginella punctilineata
                  Marginella roseafasciata
                  Marginella roseolineata
                  Marginella scalariformis
                  Marginella sebastiani
                  Marginella senegalensis
                  Marginella sergioi
                  Marginella vignali
                  Marginella simulata
                  Marginella spinacia
                  Marginella spiralineata
                  Marginella stuarti
                  Marginella tuguriana
                  Marginella undulans
                  Marginella verrilli
                  Marginella vexillum
                  Marginella werneri
                  Marginella westhuizeni
                  Marginella xhosa
                  Marginella labiata
                  Marginella obtusa
                  Marginella praiameliensis
                  Marginella intermedia
                  Marginella lineata
                  Marginella inconspicua
                  Marginella ovulum
                  Marginella youngi
                Volvarina
                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