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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
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
          Buccinoidea
            Buccinidae
              Belomitra
              Beringius
              Buccinulum
              Buccinum
                  Buccinum abyssorum
                  Buccinum angulosum
                  Buccinum belcheri
                  Buccinum ciliatum
                  Buccinum conoideum
                  Buccinum cyaneum
                  Buccinum finmarchianum
                  Buccinum glaciale
                  Buccinum humphreysianum
                  Buccinum hydrophanum
                  Buccinum kjennerudae
                  Buccinum maltzani
                  Buccinum micropoma
                  Buccinum nivale
                  Buccinum oblitum
                  Buccinum parvulum
                  Buccinum polare
                  Buccinum pulchellum
                  Buccinum scalariforme
                  Buccinum superangulare
                  Buccinum tumidulum
                  Buccinum undatum
                  Buccinum reticulatum
                  Buccinum finmarkianum
                  Buccinum sertum
                  Buccinum persicum
                  Buccinum solenum
                  Buccinum tenellum
                  Buccinum thermophilum
                  Buccinum monodon
                  Buccinum monoceros
                  Buccinum narval
                  Buccinum haustorium
                  Buccinum lacunosa
                  Buccinum bicostatum
                  Buccinum vinosum
                  Buccinum bezoar
                  Buccinum brevidentatum
                  Buccinum tectum
                  Buccinum concholepas
                  Buccinum coronatum
                  Buccinum rudolphi
                  Buccinum patulum
                  Buccinum situla
                  Buccinum haemastoma
                  Buccinum cingulatum
                  Buccinum strigosum
                  Buccinum luteostoma
                  Buccinum avellana
                  Buccinum truncatum
                  Buccinum lamellatum
                  Buccinum lyratum
                  Buccinum geversianum
                  Buccinum fimbriatum
                  Buccinum laciniatus
                  Buccinum muriciformis
                  Buccinum cancellarioides
                  Buccinum subnodosa
                  Buccinum filosa
                  Buccinum lamellosa
                  Buccinum lapillus
                  Buccinum dentatum
                  Buccinum unicornis
                  Buccinum armatum
                  Buccinum trochlea
                  Buccinum scala
                  Buccinum pulicaris
                  Buccinum serriale
                  Buccinum avenacea
                  Buccinum bimucronatum
                  Buccinum lividum
                  Buccinum lugubre
                  Buccinum fringillum
                  Buccinum physematum
                  Buccinum aquilarum
                  Buccinum pseudodon
                  Buccinum frausseni
                  Buccinum microconcha
                  Buccinum percrassum
                  Buccinum ectomycina
                  Buccinum elegantum
                  Buccinum epifragilum
                  Buccinum cnismatum
                  Buccinum epistomium
                  Buccinum mirandum
                  Buccinum pemphigus
                  Buccinum moerchi
                  Buccinum jeffreysii
                  Buccinum crebricarinatum
                  Buccinum mizutanii
                  Buccinum amaliae
                  Buccinum kadiakense
                  Buccinum planeticum
                  Buccinum simulatum
                  Buccinum solenum
                  Buccinum tenellum
                  Buccinum longifiliare
                  Buccinum scalare
              Chauvetia
              Colus
              Engina
              Euthriostoma
              Kryptos
              Liomesus
              Mohnia
              Neptunea
              Pisania
              Pollia
              Troschelia
              Turrisipho
              Volutopsius
              Euthria
              Pareuthria
              Buccininae
              Ancistrolepis
              Pyrulofusus
              Plicifusus
              Aeneator
              Steye
              Tritonium
              Beringiinae
              Busyconinae
              Donovaniinae
              Siphonaliinae
              Fulguropsis
              Dianthiphos
              Americominella
              Anomacme
              Anomalisipho
              Antistreptus
              Barbitonia
              Bathyancistrolepis
              Cavineptunea
              Clinopegma
              Clivipollia
              Corneobuccinum
              Enginella
              Euthrenopsis
              Falsilatirus
              Fax
              Fusinella
              Fusipagoda
              Glypteuthria
              Godfreyena
              Helicofusus
              Japelion
              Japeuthria
              Kapala
              Kelletia
              Latisipho
              Limatofusus
              Lirabuccinum
              Lusitromina
              Lussivolutopsius
              Metaphos
              Neancistrolepis
              Neoteron
              Ornatoconcha
              Paracalliloncha
              Parancistrolepis
              Paranotoficula
              Plicibuccinum
              Preangeria
              Pseudoliomesus
              Savatieria
              Tasmeuthria
              Thalassoplanes
              Tomlinia
              Trajana
              Truncaria
              Volutharpa
              Aulacofusus
              Austrofusus
              Pseudoneptunea
              Costaria
              Northia
              Volutopsion
            Nassariidae
            Columbellidae
            Fasciolariidae
            Melongenidae
            Colubrariidae
          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