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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 (Cyclopecten)
                      Pecten (Pseudamussium)
                      Pecten (Amussium)
                      Pecten (Chlamys)
                        Pecten (Chlamys) erythrocomatus
                        Pecten (Chlamys) pasca
                        Pecten (Chlamys) dichroa
                        Pecten (Chlamys) suteri
                        Pecten (Chlamys) pelseneeri
                        Pecten (Chlamys) scabricostata
                        Pecten (Chlamys) nympha
                        Pecten (Chlamys) lowei
                        Pecten (Chlamys) linki
                        Pecten (Chlamys) coudeini
                        Pecten (Chlamys) fluctuatus
                        Pecten (Chlamys) jordani
                      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
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    Pelecypoda
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  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
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  Chordata
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  Chaetognatha
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  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
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