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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
                  Volvarina ampelusica
                  Volvarina ingolfi
                  Volvarina mitrella
                  Volvarina oceanica
                  Volvarina olivaeformis
                  Volvarina ptychasthena
                  Volvarina roberti
                  Volvarina boyeri
                  Volvarina cernita
                  Volvarina corallina
                  Volvarina joubini
                  Volvarina mediocincta
                  Volvarina nuriae
                  Volvarina taeniata
                  Volvarina verdensis
                  Volvarina capensis
                  Volvarina vistamarina
                  Volvarina baenai
                  Volvarina criolla
                  Volvarina ficoi
                  Volvarina ginae
                  Volvarina helenae
                  Volvarina bayeri
                  Volvarina nealei
                  Volvarina dalli
                  Volvarina veraguasensis
                  Volvarina splendida
                  Volvarina ryalli
                  Volvarina adrianadiae
                  Volvarina bavecchii
                  Volvarina frazzinii
                  Volvarina mores
                  Volvarina parviginella
                  Volvarina tripartita
                  Volvarina triplicatilla
                  Volvarina insulana
                  Volvarina albolineata
                  Volvarina avena
                  Volvarina banesensis
                  Volvarina carmelae
                  Volvarina dulcemariae
                  Volvarina enriquei
                  Volvarina fauna
                  Volvarina floresensis
                  Volvarina garycooverti
                  Volvarina habanera
                  Volvarina ibarrae
                  Volvarina isabelae
                  Volvarina juanjoi
                  Volvarina maya
                  Volvarina nympha
                  Volvarina styria
                  Volvarina subtriplicata
                  Volvarina brasiliana
                  Volvarina tunicata
                  Volvarina bessei
                  Volvarina hennequini
                  Volvarina ofeliae
                  Volvarina aldeynzeri
                  Volvarina jimcordyi
                  Volvarina tessae
                  Volvarina pseudophilippinarum
                  Volvarina cordyorum
                  Volvarina alcoladoi
                  Volvarina betyae
                  Volvarina guajira
                  Volvarina jaguanensis
                  Volvarina noeli
                  Volvarina ceciliae
                  Volvarina linae
                  Volvarina socae
                  Volvarina yolandae
                  Volvarina alejandroi
                  Volvarina atabey
                  Volvarina yayaeli
                  Volvarina laurauae
                  Volvarina sofiae
                  Volvarina adela
                  Volvarina affinis
                  Volvarina agatha
                  Volvarina albescens
                  Volvarina angolensis
                  Volvarina ardovinii
                  Volvarina armonica
                  Volvarina attenuata
                  Volvarina augerea
                  Volvarina avenella
                  Volvarina bazini
                  Volvarina bilineata
                  Volvarina bullula
                  Volvarina cachoi
                  Volvarina charbarensis
                  Volvarina compressa
                  Volvarina corusca
                  Volvarina deformis
                  Volvarina deliciosa
                  Volvarina diminuta
                  Volvarina dozei
                  Volvarina dunkeri
                  Volvarina effulgens
                  Volvarina elliptica
                  Volvarina eumorpha
                  Volvarina evanida
                  Volvarina exilis
                  Volvarina fasciata
                  Volvarina fugax
                  Volvarina gracilis
                  Volvarina haswelli
                  Volvarina hedleyi
                  Volvarina heterozona
                  Volvarina hirasei
                  Volvarina infans
                  Volvarina ingloria
                  Volvarina innexa
                  Volvarina janneefsi
                  Volvarina keppelensis
                  Volvarina kidwelli
                  Volvarina laciniatalabrum
                  Volvarina lactea
                  Volvarina laetitia
                  Volvarina maoriana
                  Volvarina mexicana
                  Volvarina micans
                  Volvarina micros
                  Volvarina modulata
                  Volvarina monice
                  Volvarina mustelina
                  Volvarina nevilli
                  Volvarina nyssa
                  Volvarina obscura
                  Volvarina occidua
                  Volvarina parvistriata
                  Volvarina pauli
                  Volvarina paumotensis
                  Volvarina pepefragai
                  Volvarina peregrina
                  Volvarina pericalles
                  Volvarina perrieri
                  Volvarina philippinarum
                  Volvarina plicatula
                  Volvarina pontesi
                  Volvarina pulchralinetata
                  Volvarina pupa
                  Volvarina rex
                  Volvarina rubella
                      Volvarina rubella navicella
                  Volvarina serrei
                  Volvarina socoae
                  Volvarina southwicki
                  Volvarina taeniolata
                  Volvarina tollere
                  Volvarina torresiana
                  Volvarina trailli
                  Volvarina unilineata
                  Volvarina vokesi
                  Volvarina volunta
                  Volvarina warrenii
                  Volvarina ameliensis
                  Volvarina riparia
                  Volvarina osmani
                  Volvarina angustata
                  Volvarina ealesae
                  Volvarina hyalina
                Prunum
                Dentimargo
                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