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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
              Granulininae
              Marginellinae
                Marginella
                Volvarina
                Prunum
                Dentimargo
                    Dentimargo smithii
                    Dentimargo argonauta
                    Dentimargo biocal
                    Dentimargo cingulatus
                    Dentimargo tropicensis
                    Dentimargo montrouzieri
                    Dentimargo kevini
                    Dentimargo hennequini
                    Dentimargo vitoria
                    Dentimargo gibbus
                    Dentimargo ratzingeri
                    Dentimargo aureocincta
                    Dentimargo alisae
                    Dentimargo spongiarum
                    Dentimargo stylaster
                    Dentimargo virginiae
                    Dentimargo debruini
                    Dentimargo balicasagensis
                    Dentimargo grandidietti
                    Dentimargo guionneti
                    Dentimargo somalica
                    Dentimargo vincenzoi
                    Dentimargo jeanmartinii
                    Dentimargo cruzmoralai
                    Dentimargo zaidettae
                    Dentimargo claroi
                    Dentimargo spengleri
                    Dentimargo alchymista
                    Dentimargo allporti
                    Dentimargo alta
                    Dentimargo amoena
                    Dentimargo arvina
                    Dentimargo aureocincta
                    Dentimargo bojadorensis
                    Dentimargo boyeri
                    Dentimargo cairoma
                    Dentimargo chaperi
                    Dentimargo clara
                    Dentimargo costulata
                    Dentimargo delphinica
                    Dentimargo dentata
                    Dentimargo dentiens
                    Dentimargo dianae
                    Dentimargo dimidia
                    Dentimargo dispoliata
                    Dentimargo eburneola
                    Dentimargo elata
                    Dentimargo epacrodonta
                    Dentimargo eremus
                    Dentimargo esther
                    Dentimargo fortis
                    Dentimargo fusiformis
                    Dentimargo fusina
                    Dentimargo fusula
                    Dentimargo fusuloides
                    Dentimargo hebescens
                    Dentimargo hesperia
                    Dentimargo idiochila
                    Dentimargo imitator
                    Dentimargo incessa
                    Dentimargo jaffa
                    Dentimargo janeiroensis
                    Dentimargo kawamurai
                    Dentimargo kemblensis
                    Dentimargo lantzi
                    Dentimargo lodderae
                    Dentimargo lurida
                    Dentimargo macnairi
                    Dentimargo makiyamai
                    Dentimargo mayii
                    Dentimargo neglecta
                    Dentimargo perexilis
                    Dentimargo procrita
                    Dentimargo pumila
                    Dentimargo quilonica
                    Dentimargo reducta
                    Dentimargo repentina
                    Dentimargo rincigula
                    Dentimargo sinuosa
                    Dentimargo stewartiana
                    Dentimargo suavis
                    Dentimargo subamoena
                    Dentimargo subfusula
                    Dentimargo sulcata
                    Dentimargo tanora
                    Dentimargo teramachi
                    Dentimargo totomiensis
                    Dentimargo tropica
                    Dentimargo walkeri
                    Dentimargo wormaldi
                    Dentimargo yucatecana
                    Dentimargo zanzibarica
                    Dentimargo zetetes
                    Dentimargo aureocinctus
                    Dentimargo elatus
                Serrata
                Hyalina
                Protoginella
                Hydroginella
                Alaginella
                Marginellini
                Austroginellini
                Prunini
                Eratoidea
                Bullata
                Caribeginella
                Closia
                Cryptospira
                Haloginella
                Mesoginella
                Serrataginella
                Austroginella
                Balanetta
                Glabella
                Ovaginella
                Carinaginella
                Cucumis
                Deviginella
                Egouena
                Gibberulina
                Longinella
                Neptoginella
                Pillarginella
                Plicaginella
                Porcellana
                Pseudomarginella
                Sinuginella
                Spiroginella
                Triginella
                Volvarinella
              Marginelloninae
            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