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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 cairoma aoteana
                  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