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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
              Rapaninae
              Ocenebrinae
              Typhinae
              Haustrinae
              Muricopsinae
              Trophoninae
                Houartiella
                Trophon
                Boreotrophon
                    Boreotrophon clathratus
                    Boreotrophon truncatus
                    Boreotrophon clavatus
                    Boreotrophon dabneyi
                    Boreotrophon alaskanus
                    Boreotrophon alborostratus
                    Boreotrophon albospinosus
                    Boreotrophon albus
                    Boreotrophon avalonensis
                    Boreotrophon bentleyi
                    Boreotrophon beringi
                    Boreotrophon cymatus
                    Boreotrophon echinus
                    Boreotrophon aomoriensis
                    Boreotrophon apolyonis
                    Boreotrophon candelabrum
                    Boreotrophon cepula
                    Boreotrophon stephanos
                    Boreotrophon paucicostatus
                    Boreotrophon disparilis
                    Boreotrophon egorovi
                    Boreotrophon elegantulus
                    Boreotrophon flos
                    Boreotrophon gaidenkoi
                    Boreotrophon hazardi
                    Boreotrophon pagodus
                    Boreotrophon houarti
                    Boreotrophon kabati
                    Boreotrophon keepi
                    Boreotrophon macouni
                    Boreotrophon mazatlanicus
                    Boreotrophon multicostatus
                    Boreotrophon peregrinus
                    Boreotrophon pacificus
                    Boreotrophon pedroanus
                    Boreotrophon pygmaeus
                    Boreotrophon rotundatus
                    Boreotrophon tolomius
                    Boreotrophon triangulatus
                    Boreotrophon tripherus
                    Boreotrophon trophonis
                    Boreotrophon xestra
                    Boreotrophon hadalis
                    Boreotrophon panamensis
                    Boreotrophon gorgon
                    Boreotrophon pagodus
                    Boreotrophon golikovi
                    Boreotrophon kamchatkanus
                Scabrotrophon
                Trophonopsis
                Pagodula
                Tromina
                Xymenopsis
                Afritrophon
                Gemixystus
                Polyplex
                Stramonitrophon
                Muricidea
                Abyssotrophon
                Anatrophon
                Benthoxystus
                Comptella
                Conchatalos
                Coronium
                Enatimene
                Fuegotrophon
                Apixystus
                Leptotrophon
                Nipponotrophon
                Nodulotrophon
                Pinon
                Enixotrophon
                Paratrophon
                Terefundus
                Chalmon
                Xenotrophon
                Xymene
                Kalydon
                Lenitrophon
                Axymene
                Xymenella
                Zeatrophon
                Litozamia
                Minortrophon
              Ergalataxinae
              Tripterotyphinae
              Coralliophilinae
            Coralliophilidae
            Cystiscidae
            Marginellidae
            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