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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
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
      Protobranchia
      Pteriomorphia
        Arcoida
        Mytiloida
        Pterioida
        Ostreoida
        Limoida
        Pteriomorpha incertae sedis
        Eupteriomorphia
        Pectinoida
          Pectinoidea
            Pectinidae
              Camptonectinae
              Chlamydinae
              Adamussiinae
              Palliolinae
              Austrochlamydinae
              Pectininae
                Pectinini
                  Lissopecten
                  Pecten
                    Pecten jacobeus
                    Pecten maximus
                    Pecten varius
                    Pecten opercularis
                    Pecten irregularis
                    Pecten sulcicostatus
                    Pecten erythraeensis
                    Pecten keppelianus
                    Pecten tigerinus
                    Pecten sulcatus
                    Pecten undatus
                    Pecten biscayensis
                    Pecten dilectus
                    Pecten abyssorum
                    Pecten actoni
                    Pecten aculeatus
                    Pecten adspersus
                    Pecten amaliae
                    Pecten amphicyrtus
                    Pecten anisopleurus
                    Pecten argenteus
                    Pecten armoricanus
                    Pecten aspersus
                    Pecten audouinii
                    Pecten aurantius
                    Pecten australis
                    Pecten australis
                    Pecten awajiensis
                    Pecten blandus
                    Pecten concentricus
                    Pecten philippii
                    Pecten inaequisculptus
                    Pecten gallimus
                    Pecten intuscostatum
                    Pecten fimbriatus
                    Pecten antiquatus
                    Pecten culebrensis
                    Pecten davidsoni
                    Pecten distinctus
                    Pecten hoskynsi
                    Pecten kermadecensis
                    Pecten leptaleus
                    Pecten pustulosus
                    Pecten thyrideus
                    Pecten eous
                    Pecten greenlandicus
                    Pecten pullus
                    Pecten foresti
                    Pecten aviculoides
                    Pecten clathrata
                    Pecten pteriola
                    Pecten transenna
                    Pecten murrayi
                    Pecten alcocki
                    Pecten randolphi
                    Pecten hemiradiatus
                    Pecten hastatus
                    Pecten comatus
                    Pecten rastellinum
                    Pecten denticulatus
                    Pecten hericius
                    Pecten hindsii
                    Pecten madreporarum
                    Pecten bifrons
                    Pecten difformis
                    Pecten perfectus
                    Pecten cuneata
                    Pecten gladysiae
                    Pecten lemniscatus
                    Pecten limatula
                    Pecten multisquamatus
                    Pecten mollita
                    Pecten effluens
                    Pecten rubromaculatus
                    Pecten serratus
                    Pecten bornii
                    Pecten felipes
                    Pecten undulatus
                    Pecten pesanatis
                    Pecten tasmanicus
                    Pecten mariae
                    Pecten coruscans
                    Pecten farreri
                    Pecten ruschenbergeri
                    Pecten foliaceus
                    Pecten livida
                    Pecten aktinos
                    Pecten amicum
                    Pecten crouchi
                    Pecten dringi
                    Pecten fulvicostatum
                    Pecten rapanense
                    Pecten luculenta
                    Pecten swiftii
                    Pecten tinctus
                    Pecten effulgens
                    Pecten textilis
                    Pecten gemmulata
                    Pecten gemmeus
                    Pecten radiatus
                    Pecten multicolor
                    Pecten distortus
                    Pecten spinosus
                    Pecten irregularis
                    Pecten isabellae
                    Pecten crotilus
                    Pecten pulleineana
                    Pecten zelandiae
                    Pecten laetus
                    Pecten dieffenbachi
                    Pecten imparicostatus
                    Pecten zeelandonus
                    Pecten patagonica
                    Pecten lischkei
                    Pecten rufiradiatus
                    Pecten delicatula
                    Pecten colbecki
                    Pecten sentis
                    Pecten ornata
                    Pecten yessoensis
                    Pecten brandti
                    Pecten caurinus
                    Pecten albolineatus
                    Pecten asperrima
                    Pecten rugosus
                    Pecten cloacata
                    Pecten valdecostatus
                    Pecten crassicostatus
                    Pecten testudineus
                    Pecten gloriosa
                    Pecten lentiginosa
                    Pecten cristularis
                    Pecten florens
                    Pecten indicus
                    Pecten pseudolima
                    Pecten layardi
                    Pecten fricatus
                    Pecten raffrayi
                    Pecten monotis
                    Pecten townsendi
                    Pecten funebris
                    Pecten exasperatus
                    Pecten schrammi
                    Pecten mundus
                    Pecten vestalis
                    Pecten vitreus
                    Pecten incomparabilis
                    Pecten furtivus
                    Pecten tornabeni
                    Pecten forestii
                    Pecten landsburgi
                    Pecten rimulosus
                    Pecten reticulatus
                    Pecten triradiatus
                    Pecten obsoletus
                    Pecten laevis
                    Pecten parvus
                    Pecten tenuicostatus
                    Pecten bruei
                    Pecten idaea
                    Pecten leptogaster
                    Pecten dumasi
                    Pecten fasciculatus
                    Pecten panamensis
                    Pecten nebulosus
                    Pecten jamesoni
                    Pecten stellatus
                    Pecten danicus
                    Pecten roseopunctatus
                    Pecten convexum
                    Pecten dispar
                    Pecten pseudamussium
                    Pecten orbicularis
                    Pecten loveni
                    Pecten natans
                    Pecten jeffreysi
                    Pecten thomasi
                    Pecten afribenedictus
                    Pecten albicans
                    Pecten laqueatus
                    Pecten diomedeus
                    Pecten dorotheae
                    Pecten excavatus
                    Pecten sinensis
                    Pecten fumatus
                    Pecten meridionalis
                    Pecten modestus
                    Pecten vulgaris
                    Pecten medius
                    Pecten novaezelandiae
                    Pecten laticostatus
                    Pecten raoulensis
                    Pecten waikikius
                    Pecten flabellata
                    Pecten leopardus
                    Pecten kuhnholtzi
                    Pecten reevei
                    Pecten macassarensis
                    Pecten solaris
                    Pecten crebricostatus
                    Pecten (Oppenheimopecten)
                    Pecten chazaliei
                    Pecten dentatus
                    Pecten excavatus
                    Pecten perulus
                    Pecten raveneli
                    Pecten turtoni
                    Pecten vogdesi
                    Pecten floridus
                    Pecten diegensis
                    Pecten commutatus
                    Pecten philippi
                    Pecten glyptus
                    Pecten lineolaris
                    Pecten subrufus
                    Pecten pictus
                    Pecten lineatus
                    Pecten cretatus
                    Pecten daucus
                    Pecten vescoi
                    Pecten tehuelchus
                    Pecten felipponei
                    Pecten isabella
                    Pecten flagellatus
                    Pecten plicatulus
                    Pecten polymorphus
                    Pecten virgo
                    Pecten griseus
                    Pecten unicolor
                    Pecten distans
                    Pecten pellucidus
                    Pecten succineus
                    Pecten pulcherrimus
                    Pecten flagellatus
                    Pecten dislocatus
                    Pecten amplicostatus
                    Pecten irradians
                    Pecten concentricus
                    Pecten circularis
                    Pecten leucophaeus
                    Pecten noronhensis
                    Pecten purpuratus
                    Pecten ventricosus
                    Pecten solidulus
                    Pecten pomatea
                    Pecten inca
                    Pecten bernardi
                    Pecten bullatus
                    Pecten nux
                    Pecten hastingsi
                    Pecten guendolenae
                    Pecten vesiculosus
                    Pecten inaequivalvis
                    Pecten loxoides
                    Pecten latiauratus
                    Pecten monotimeris
                    Pecten tunica
                    Pecten palmeri
                    Pecten tumbezensis
                    Pecten sowerbyi
                    Pecten paucicostatus
                    Pecten teilhardi
                    Pecten singaporinus
                    Pecten cumingi
                    Pecten pica
                    Pecten balloti
                    Pecten eucosmia
                    Pecten cuneolus
                    Pecten schmeltzii
                    Pecten lamberti
                    Pecten amiculum
                    Pecten flabelloides
                    Pecten helleri
                    Pecten concinnus
                    Pecten luxurians
                    Pecten novaeguineae
                    Pecten speciosa
                    Pecten spiniferus
                    Pecten medius
                    Pecten fuscus
                    Pecten bifidus
                    Pecten lamarcki
                    Pecten lunaris
                    Pecten berryi
                    Pecten tumidus
                    Pecten pulchellus
                    Pecten subplicatus
                    Pecten velutinus
                    Pecten strangei
                    Pecten superbus
                    Pecten fucatum
                    Pecten antillarum
                    Pecten jacobaeus
                    Pecten intermedius
                    Pecten (Pseudamusium)
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) aequatorialis
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) liriope
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) reticulus
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) thalassinus
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) binominatus
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) polyleptus
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) arces
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis
                        Pecten (Pseudamusium) neoceanicus
                    Pecten (Cyclopecten)
                    Pecten (Pseudamussium)
                    Pecten (Amussium)
                    Pecten (Chlamys)
                    Pecten rastellum
                    Pecten mirificus
                    Pecten arthriticus
                    Pecten fragosus
                    Pecten magnificus
                    Pecten (Hyalopecten)
                    Pecten (Delectopecten)
                    Pecten (Aequipecten)
                    Pecten striatus
                    Pecten sulcata
                    Pecten (Pallium)
                    Pecten (Dentipecten)
                    Pecten capensis
                    Pecten ponticus
                    Pecten (Lyropecten)
                    Pecten (Leptopecten)
                    Pecten maldivense
                    Pecten subnodosus
                    Pecten corallinoides
                    Pecten striatum
                    Pecten (Comptopallium)
                    Pecten nodulifer
                    Pecten noduliferus
                    Pecten janus
                    Pecten aurantiacus
                    Pecten oweni
                    Pecten pictus
                    Pecten cooperi
                    Pecten elegantissima
                    Pecten amusoides
                  Annachlamys
                  Minnivola
                  Serratovola
                  Leopecten
                  Argus
                  Argoderma
                  Pectinium
                  Janira
                  Pectinites
                  Vola
                  Flabellipecten
                  Deperetia
                  Heritschia
                  Jaworskia
                  Philippia
                  Notovola
                  Dentamussium
                  Glabropecten
                  Pleuronectia
            Spondylidae
            Propeamussiidae
          Anomioidea
          Plicatuloidea
          Dimyoidea
      Heterodonta
      Palaeoheterodonta
    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
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Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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