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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
            Coralliophilidae
            Cystiscidae
            Marginellidae
            Mitridae
              Mitra
                Mitra cornea
                Mitra corniculum
                Mitra zonata
                Mitra consanguinea
                Mitra crassa
                Mitra acutilirata
                Mitra cernica
                Mitra regina
                Mitra variabilis
                Mitra vulpecula
                Mitra litterata
                Mitra nubila
                Mitra tigrina
                Mitra zephyrina
                Mitra arenosa
                Mitra lienardi
                Mitra crenifera
                Mitra limbifera
                Mitra adumbrata
                Mitra picta
                Mitra schepmani
                Mitra heinickei
                Mitra holkosa
                Mitra manuellae
                Mitra christinae
                Mitra sarmientoi
                Mitra cuyosae
                Mitra oliverai
                Mitra sarinoae
                Mitra tagaroae
                Mitra terryni
                Mitra (Mitra)
                    Mitra (Mitra) cornicula
                    Mitra (Mitra) fasciolaris
                    Mitra (Mitra) bovei
                    Mitra (Mitra) barbieri
                    Mitra (Mitra) magnifica
                    Mitra (Mitra) marmorea
                    Mitra (Mitra) brinkae
                    Mitra (Mitra) nadayaoi
                    Mitra (Mitra) rossiae
                    Mitra (Mitra) ambigua
                    Mitra (Mitra) eremitarum
                    Mitra (Mitra) solida
                    Mitra (Mitra) inquinata
                    Mitra (Mitra) pele
                    Mitra (Mitra) chinensis
                    Mitra (Mitra) nivea
                    Mitra (Mitra) ancillides
                    Mitra (Mitra) chalybeia
                    Mitra (Mitra) cookii
                    Mitra (Mitra) carbonaria
                    Mitra (Mitra) glabra
                    Mitra (Mitra) latruncularia
                    Mitra (Mitra) aerumnosa
                    Mitra (Mitra) subflava
                    Mitra (Mitra) fulgurita
                    Mitra (Mitra) gilbertsoni
                    Mitra (Mitra) orientalis
                    Mitra (Mitra) caliginosa
                    Mitra (Mitra) fusiformis
                    Mitra (Mitra) hilli
                    Mitra (Mitra) albina
                    Mitra (Mitra) midwayensis
                    Mitra (Mitra) deynzeri
                    Mitra (Mitra) lacunosa
                Mitra (Nebularia)
                Mitra (Strigatella)
                Mitra triplicata
                Mitra idae
                Mitra semigranosa
                Mitra fultoni
                Mitra goreensis
                Mitra (Fusimitra)
                Mitra (Dibaphimitra)
                Mitra (Strigatella)
                Mitra (Sohlia)
                Mitra (Dibaphus)
                Mitra dondani
                Mitra nodulosa
                Mitra pallida
                Mitra straminea
                Mitra carmelita
                Mitra papalis
                Mitra abbreviata
                Mitra adamsoni
                Mitra adornata
                Mitra aethiops
                Mitra affinis
                Mitra alauda
                Mitra albanyana
                Mitra albicostata
                Mitra albomaculata
                Mitra alveolus
                Mitra angulosa
                Mitra angulosa
                Mitra ansulata
                Mitra antonii
                Mitra aperta
                Mitra armiger
                Mitra armillata
                Mitra arracanensis
                Mitra assimilis
                Mitra aurata
                Mitra autumnalis
                Mitra balteata
                Mitra balteolata
                Mitra batista
                Mitra becki
                Mitra berthae
                Mitra bibsae
                Mitra bifasciata
                Mitra biplicata
                Mitra brionae
                Mitra caffra
                Mitra cancellata
                Mitra capillata
                Mitra capricornea
                Mitra carna
                Mitra carnea
                Mitra cericosta
                Mitra cerithina
                Mitra chariessa
                Mitra choava
                Mitra cimelium
                Mitra cinctella
                Mitra cineracea
                Mitra clathrata
                Mitra compressa
                Mitra compta
                Mitra concinna
                Mitra congesta
                Mitra cophina
                Mitra cordierii
                Mitra cornicula
                Mitra cornicularis
                Mitra costellaris
                Mitra crebrilirata
                Mitra cremans
                Mitra creniplicata
                Mitra crispata
                Mitra crocea
                Mitra cruzana
                Mitra cumingii
                Mitra dichroa
                Mitra didyma
                Mitra discors
                Mitra dorotheae
                Mitra ebenina
                Mitra elegans
                Mitra elima
                Mitra encausta
                Mitra eruda
                Mitra eucosmia
                Mitra euthymiana
                Mitra alborufa
                Mitra damasomonteiroi
                Mitra poppei
                Mitra hansturneri
                Mitra labecula
                Mitra aikeni
                Mitra joostei
                Mitra aliciae
                Mitra arnoldi
                Mitra edgari
                Mitra honkeri
                Mitra kantori
                Mitra kilburni
                Mitra margaritatus
                Mitra perdulca
                Mitra semperi
                Mitra strongae
                Mitra wareni
                Mitra willani
                Mitra lussii
                Mitra gracilefragum
                Mitra leforti
                Mitra silviae
                Mitra thachi
                Mitra deprofundis
                Mitra glaphyria
                Mitra marrowi
                Mitra salva
                Mitra sanguinolenta
                Mitra leonardi
                Mitra lenhilli
                Mitra tuberosa
                Mitra chrysalis
                Mitra lignaria
                Mitra marshalli
                Mitra rupicola
                Mitra carbonaria
                Mitra aerumnosa
                Mitra albina
                Mitra ambigua
                Mitra ancillides
                Mitra barbieri
                Mitra bovei
                Mitra brinkae
                Mitra caliginosa
                Mitra cardinalis
                Mitra chalybeia
                Mitra chinensis
                Mitra coffea
                Mitra cookii
                Mitra cornicula
                Mitra deynzeri
                Mitra eremitarum
                Mitra fasciolaris
                Mitra fulgurita
                Mitra fusiformis
                Mitra gilbertsoni
                Mitra glabra
                Mitra guttata
                Mitra hilli
                Mitra imperialis
                Mitra incompta
                Mitra inquinata
                Mitra lacunosa
                Mitra latruncularia
                Mitra magnifica
                Mitra marmorea
                Mitra midwayensis
                Mitra mitra
                Mitra nadayaoi
                Mitra nivea
                Mitra orientalis
                Mitra papalis
                Mitra pele
                Mitra pseudobovei
                Mitra rossiae
                Mitra solida
                Mitra stictica
                Mitra subflava
                Mitra ustulata
                Mitra swainsonii
                Mitra amaura
                Mitra atjehensis
                Mitra aurantia
                Mitra avenacea
                Mitra belcheri
                Mitra bernhardina
                Mitra muricata
                Mitra chrysostoma
                Mitra coarctata
                Mitra contracta
                Mitra coronata
                Mitra crenata
                Mitra cucumerina
                Mitra doliolum
                Mitra dovpeledi
                Mitra earlei
                Mitra effusa
                Mitra ferruginea
                Mitra fraga
                Mitra fulvescens
                Mitra gausapata
                Mitra gonatophora
                Mitra hayashii
                Mitra inca
                Mitra lens
                Mitra lorenzi
                Mitra luctuosa
                Mitra lugubris
                Mitra maesta
                Mitra proscissa
                Mitra puncticulata
                Mitra punctostriata
                Mitra pyramis
                Mitra rosacea
                Mitra rubiginosa
                Mitra rubritincta
                Mitra rueppellii
                Mitra solanderi
                Mitra sophiae
                Mitra sowerbyi
                Mitra sphoni
                Mitra suturata
                Mitra tabanula
                Mitra telescopium
                Mitra testacea
                Mitra ticaonica
                Mitra turgida
                Mitra vexillum
                Mitra vultuosa
                Mitra carbonacea
                Mitra acuminata
                Mitra assimilis
                Mitra auriculoides
                Mitra bellula
                Mitra colombelliformis
                Mitra decurtata
                Mitra fastigium
                Mitra flavocingulata
                Mitra paupercula
                Mitra peculiaris
                Mitra pellisserpentis
                Mitra retusa
                Mitra scutulata
                Mitra tristis
                Mitra typha
                Mitra pica
                Mitra crassicostata
                Mitra subruppeli
                Mitra hastata
              Scabricola
              Pterygia
              Ziba
              Subcancilla
              Imbricaria
              Chrysame
              Cancilla
              Domiporta
              Mitrinae
              Cylindromitrinae
              Imbricariinae
              Dibaphimitra
              Charitodoron
            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