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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
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
          Buccinoidea
            Buccinidae
              Belomitra
              Beringius
              Buccinulum
              Buccinum
                Buccinum abyssorum
                Buccinum angulosum
                Buccinum belcheri
                Buccinum ciliatum
                Buccinum conoideum
                Buccinum cyaneum
                Buccinum finmarchianum
                Buccinum glaciale
                Buccinum humphreysianum
                Buccinum hydrophanum
                Buccinum kjennerudae
                Buccinum maltzani
                Buccinum micropoma
                Buccinum nivale
                Buccinum oblitum
                Buccinum parvulum
                Buccinum polare
                Buccinum pulchellum
                Buccinum scalariforme
                Buccinum superangulare
                Buccinum tumidulum
                Buccinum undatum
                Buccinum reticulatum
                Buccinum finmarkianum
                    Buccinum finmarkianum finmarkianum
                    Buccinum finmarkianum conspicuum
                Buccinum sertum
                Buccinum persicum
                Buccinum solenum
                Buccinum tenellum
                Buccinum thermophilum
                Buccinum monodon
                Buccinum monoceros
                Buccinum narval
                Buccinum haustorium
                Buccinum lacunosa
                Buccinum bicostatum
                Buccinum vinosum
                Buccinum bezoar
                Buccinum brevidentatum
                Buccinum tectum
                Buccinum concholepas
                Buccinum coronatum
                Buccinum rudolphi
                Buccinum patulum
                Buccinum situla
                Buccinum haemastoma
                Buccinum cingulatum
                Buccinum strigosum
                Buccinum luteostoma
                Buccinum avellana
                Buccinum truncatum
                Buccinum lamellatum
                Buccinum lyratum
                Buccinum geversianum
                Buccinum fimbriatum
                Buccinum laciniatus
                Buccinum muriciformis
                Buccinum cancellarioides
                Buccinum subnodosa
                Buccinum filosa
                Buccinum lamellosa
                Buccinum lapillus
                Buccinum dentatum
                Buccinum unicornis
                Buccinum armatum
                Buccinum trochlea
                Buccinum scala
                Buccinum pulicaris
                Buccinum serriale
                Buccinum avenacea
                Buccinum bimucronatum
                Buccinum lividum
                Buccinum lugubre
                Buccinum fringillum
                Buccinum physematum
                Buccinum aquilarum
                Buccinum pseudodon
                Buccinum frausseni
                Buccinum microconcha
                Buccinum percrassum
                Buccinum ectomycina
                Buccinum elegantum
                Buccinum epifragilum
                Buccinum cnismatum
                Buccinum epistomium
                Buccinum mirandum
                Buccinum pemphigus
                Buccinum moerchi
                Buccinum jeffreysii
                Buccinum crebricarinatum
                Buccinum mizutanii
                Buccinum amaliae
                Buccinum kadiakense
                Buccinum planeticum
                Buccinum simulatum
                Buccinum solenum
                Buccinum tenellum
                Buccinum longifiliare
                Buccinum scalare
              Chauvetia
              Colus
              Engina
              Euthriostoma
              Kryptos
              Liomesus
              Mohnia
              Neptunea
              Pisania
              Pollia
              Troschelia
              Turrisipho
              Volutopsius
              Euthria
              Pareuthria
              Buccininae
              Ancistrolepis
              Pyrulofusus
              Plicifusus
              Aeneator
              Steye
              Tritonium
              Beringiinae
              Busyconinae
              Donovaniinae
              Siphonaliinae
              Fulguropsis
              Dianthiphos
              Americominella
              Anomacme
              Anomalisipho
              Antistreptus
              Barbitonia
              Bathyancistrolepis
              Cavineptunea
              Clinopegma
              Clivipollia
              Corneobuccinum
              Enginella
              Euthrenopsis
              Falsilatirus
              Fax
              Fusinella
              Fusipagoda
              Glypteuthria
              Godfreyena
              Helicofusus
              Japelion
              Japeuthria
              Kapala
              Kelletia
              Latisipho
              Limatofusus
              Lirabuccinum
              Lusitromina
              Lussivolutopsius
              Metaphos
              Neancistrolepis
              Neoteron
              Ornatoconcha
              Paracalliloncha
              Parancistrolepis
              Paranotoficula
              Plicibuccinum
              Preangeria
              Pseudoliomesus
              Savatieria
              Tasmeuthria
              Thalassoplanes
              Tomlinia
              Trajana
              Truncaria
              Volutharpa
              Aulacofusus
              Austrofusus
              Pseudoneptunea
              Costaria
              Northia
              Volutopsion
            Nassariidae
            Columbellidae
            Fasciolariidae
            Melongenidae
            Colubrariidae
          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