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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
                  Trophon barvicensis
                  Trophon clathratus
                  Trophon clavatus
                  Trophon dabneyi
                  Trophon droueti
                  Trophon echinatus
                  Trophon fabricii
                  Trophon muricatus
                  Trophon truncatus
                  Trophon albolabratus
                  Trophon brevispira
                  Trophon coulmanensis
                  Trophon distantelamellatus
                  Trophon geversianus
                  Trophon longstaffi
                  Trophon nucelliformis
                  Trophon plicatus
                  Trophon shackletoni
                  Trophon arnaudi
                  Trophon emilyae
                  Trophon ceciliae
                  Trophon condei
                  Trophon vangoethemi
                  Trophon parodizi
                  Trophon levis
                  Trophon paivae
                  Trophon hanleyi
                  Trophon australis
                  Trophon assisi
                  Trophon squamosissima
                  Trophon cepula
                  Trophon richardsoni
                  Trophon decoratus
                  Trophon (Boreotrophon)
                  Trophon cinguliferus
                  Trophon bahamondei
                  Trophon barnardi
                  Trophon breviatus
                      Trophon breviatus var. lactea
                      Trophon breviatus var. striata
                  Trophon clenchi
                  Trophon dispar
                  Trophon eversoni
                  Trophon philippianus
                  Trophon iarae
                  Trophon leptocharteres
                  Trophon macquariensis
                  Trophon mawsoni
                  Trophon multilamellatus
                  Trophon ohlini
                  Trophon patagonicus
                  Trophon necocheanum
                  Trophon paucilamellatus
                  Trophon pelecetus
                  Trophon pelseneeri
                  Trophon d'Orbignyi
                  Trophon antarcticus
                  Trophon poirieria
                  Trophon purdyae
                  Trophon melvillsmithi
                  Trophon triacanthus
                  Trophon lorenzoensis
                  Trophon agulhasensis
                  Trophon insignis
                  Trophon kowieensis
                  Trophon sarmentosus
                  Trophon columnarius
                  Trophon clathratus
                  Trophon petterdi
                  Trophon triangulatus
                  Trophon (Kalydon)
                  Trophon lacrima
                  Trophon tirardi
                  Trophon acanthodes
                  Trophon (Enixotrophon)
                  Trophon simplex
                  Trophon gouldi
                  Trophon amettei
                  Trophon malvinarum
                  Trophon laminatus
                  Trophon polyphillia
                  Trophon recurvatus
                  Trophon stimuleus
                  Trophon brazieri
                  Trophon latior
                  Trophon longior
                  Trophon subtropicalis
                  Trophon priestleyi
                  Trophon stuarti
                  Trophon coronatus
                  Trophon dalli
                  Trophon muriciformis
                  Trophon raymondi
                  Trophon abyssorum
                  Trophon acceptans
                  Trophon aculeatus
                  Trophon araios
                  Trophon columbarioides
                  Trophon carduelis
                  Trophon concepcionensis
                  Trophon carinatus
                  Trophon cossmanni
                  Trophon deversus
                  Trophon fraseri
                  Trophon grimaldii
                  Trophon guineensis
                  Trophon johannthielei
                  Trophon lacunellus
                  Trophon mucrone
                  Trophon multigradus
                  Trophon obtuseliratus
                  Trophon planispina
                  Trophon plicilaminatus
                  Trophon pulchellus
                  Trophon sansibaricus
                  Trophon siberutensis
                  Trophon tenuirostratus
                  Trophon veronicae
                  Trophon verrillii
                  Trophon (Trophonopsis)
                  Trophon scitulus
                  Trophon craticulatum
                  Trophon heuglini
                  Trophon interstriatus
                  Trophon maltzani
                  Trophon subserratus
                  Trophon crispulatus
                  Trophon pistillum
                  Trophon aberrans
                  Trophon cuspidarioides
                  Trophon richardi
                  Trophon fasciolarioides
                  Trophon mioplectos
                  Trophon curta
                  Trophon segmentatus
                  Trophon similidroueti
                  Trophon euschema
                  Trophon spiratum
                  Trophon convexus
                  Trophon erectus
                  Trophon columnaris
                  Trophon mortenseni
                  Trophon pusillus
                  Trophon waipipicola
                  Trophon ringei
                  Trophon brucei
                  Trophon elongatus
                  Trophon falklandicus
                  Trophon hoylei
                  Trophon ornatus
                  Trophon standeni
                  Trophon acuminatus
                  Trophon albus
                  Trophon couthouyi
                  Trophon elegans
                  Trophon fenestratus
                  Trophon lebruni
                  Trophon loebbeckei
                  Trophon obesus
                  Trophon paessleri
                  Trophon pseudoelongatus
                  Trophon violaceus
                  Trophon incompta
                  Trophon squamulifera
                  Trophon fimbriatulum
                  Trophon gruveli
                  Trophon catalinensis
                  Trophon cerrosensis
                  Trophon pinnatus
                  Trophon beebei
                  Trophon jucundus
                  Trophon engonatus
                  Trophon angustus
                  Trophon goldsteini
                  Trophon (Pascula)
                  Trophon birileffi
                  Trophon fimbriatus
                  Trophon lowei
                  Trophon umbilicatus
                  Trophon tumida
                  Trophon (Acanthotrophon)
                  Trophon muricatoides
                  Trophon molorthus
                  Trophon dubius
                  Trophon declinans
                  Trophon celebensis
                Boreotrophon
                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