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You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

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
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
      Protobranchia
      Pteriomorphia
      Heterodonta
        Archiheterodonta
        Euheterodonta
          Veneroida
            Arcticoidea
            Galeommatoidea
            Cyamioidea
            Cardioidea
            Mactroidea
            Tellinoidea
              Tellinidae
                Arcopagia
                Gastrana
                Macoma
                Strigilla
                Tellina
                  Tellina compressa
                  Tellina distorta
                  Tellina donacina
                  Tellina fabula
                  Tellina incarnata
                  Tellina nitida
                  Tellina planata
                  Tellina pulchella
                  Tellina punicea
                  Tellina serrata
                  Tellina tenuis
                  Tellina valtonis
                  Tellina (Moerella)
                  Tellina crassa
                  Tellina balthica
                  Tellina lactea
                  Tellina flexuosa
                  Tellina pygmaea
                  Tellina emarginata
                  Tellina ovalis
                  Tellina lamellosa
                  Tellina vulsella
                  Tellina triradiata
                  Tellina foliacea
                  Tellina diaphana
                  Tellina capsoides
                  Tellina arsinoensis
                  Tellina perna
                  Tellina bertini
                  Tellina madagascariensis
                  Tellina inflata
                  Tellina resecta
                  Tellina isseli
                  Tellina subpallida
                  Tellina alfredensis
                  Tellina gilchristi
                  Tellina trilatera
                  Tellina innominata
                  Tellina (Pinguitellina)
                  Tellina lutea
                  Tellina radiata
                  Tellina camachoi
                  Tellina iheringi
                  Tellina petitiana
                  Tellina philippii
                  Tellina amianta
                  Tellina brevirostris
                  Tellina carpenteri
                  Tellina cerrosiana
                  Tellina chrysogona
                  Tellina coani
                  Tellina cumingii
                  Tellina decumbens
                  Tellina delicatula
                  Tellina eburnea
                  Tellina ecuadoriana
                  Tellina esmeralda
                  Tellina felix
                  Tellina fluctigera
                  Tellina guaymasensis
                  Tellina hertleini
                  Tellina hiberna
                  Tellina inaequistriata
                  Tellina insculpta
                  Tellina laceridens
                  Tellina lyra
                  Tellina lyrica
                  Tellina macneilii
                  Tellina mantaensis
                  Tellina meropsis
                  Tellina mompichensis
                  Tellina ochracea
                  Tellina pacifica
                  Tellina princeps
                  Tellina pristiphora
                  Tellina prora
                  Tellina purpurea
                  Tellina reclusa
                  Tellina recurvata
                  Tellina regia
                  Tellina rhynchoscuta
                  Tellina rubescens
                  Tellina simulans
                  Tellina straminea
                  Tellina subtrigona
                  Tellina suffusa
                  Tellina tumbezensis
                  Tellina ulloana
                  Tellina varilineata
                  Tellina virgo
                  Tellina analogica
                  Tellina bodegensis
                  Tellina candeana
                  Tellina idae
                  Tellina iris
                  Tellina laevigata
                  Tellina modesta
                  Tellina nitens
                  Tellina nuculoides
                  Tellina paramera
                  Tellina probina
                  Tellina similis
                  Tellina squamifera
                  Tellina sybaritica
                  Tellina tampaensis
                  Tellina texana
                  Tellina vespuciana
                  Tellina (Laciolina)
                  Tellina (Tellinella)
                  Tellina (Arcopagia)
                  Tellina (Phyllodina)
                  Tellina (Elliptotellina)
                  Tellina juttingae
                  Tellina alerta
                  Tellina proclivis
                  Tellina declivis
                  Tellina (Eurytellina)
                  Tellina carnicolor
                  Tellina (Angulus)
                      Tellina (Angulus) agilis
                      Tellina (Angulus) texana
                      Tellina (Angulus) versicolor
                      Tellina (Angulus) probina
                      Tellina (Angulus) tenella
                      Tellina (Angulus) paramera
                      Tellina (Angulus) mera
                      Tellina (Angulus) tampaensis
                      Tellina (Angulus) sybaritica
                      Tellina (Angulus) gibber
                      Tellina (Angulus) diantha
                      Tellina (Angulus) euvitrea
                      Tellina (Angulus) exerythra
                      Tellina (Angulus) colorata
                      Tellina (Angulus) amianta
                      Tellina (Angulus) cerrosiana
                      Tellina (Angulus) recurvata
                      Tellina (Angulus) tabogensis
                      Tellina (Angulus) coani
                      Tellina (Angulus) modesta
                      Tellina (Angulus) nuculoides
                      Tellina (Angulus) carpenteri
                      Tellina (Angulus) meropsis
                  Tellina gibber
                  Tellina diantha
                  Tellina (Peronidia)
                  Tellina (Scissula)
                  Tellina canonica
                  Tellina regularis
                  Tellina rousi
                  Tellina prismatica
                  Tellina natalensis
                  Tellina vidalensis
                  Tellina ponsonbyi
                  Tellina apelina
                  Tellina yemenensis
                  Tellina (Serratina)
                  Tellina (Quidnipagus)
                  Tellina (Scutarcopagia)
                  Tellina (Arcopella)
                  Tellina (Obtellina)
                  Tellina bougei
                  Tellina palatam
                  Tellina (Phylloda)
                  Tellina (Tellinides)
                  Tellina adenensis
                  Tellina (Peronaea)
                  Tellina (Exotica)
                  Tellina philippinarum
                  Tellina siebenrocki
                  Tellina scitula
                  Tellina vernalis
                  Tellina saccularia
                  Tellina lanceolata
                  Tellina psammotella
                  Tellina micans
                  Tellina lux
                  Tellina cygnus
                  Tellina vestalis
                  Tellina rhodon
                  Tellina rhodora
                  Tellina nitens
                  Tellina nitidula
                  Tellina planispinosa
                  Tellina fijiensis
                  Tellina compressissima
                  Tellina pallidula
                  Tellina novaecaledoniae
                  Tellina christovalis
                  Tellina brazieri
                  Tellina parvula
                  Tellina methoria
                  Tellina travancorica
                  Tellina ellicensis
                  Tellina altissima
                  Tellina claudia
                  Tellina asmena
                  Tellina rosamunda
                  Tellina berghi
                  Tellina elaborata
                  Tellina macassariensis
                  Tellina wallaceae
                  Tellina chariessa
                  Tellina venulosa
                  Tellina zyonoensis
                Angulus
                Fabulina
                Moerella
                Psammotreta
                Florimetis
                Macona
                Cymatoica
                Elliptotellina
                Eurytellina
                Leporimetis
                Phyllodina
                Scissula
                Tellidora
                Pisostrigilla
                Simplistrigilla
                Pharaonella
                Agnomyax
                Macomona
                Peronaea
                Pseudarcopagia
                Tellinota
                Loxoglypta
                Pseudometis
                Rexithaerus
                Omala
                Nitidotellina
                Bathytellina
                Aenigmotellina
              Donacidae
              Psammobiidae
              Semelidae
              Scrobiculariidae
              Solecurtinae
              Solecurtidae
            Glossoidea
            Veneroidea
            Chamoidea
            Ungulinoidea
            Gaimardioidea
            Hemidonacidae
          Myoida
          Anomalodesmata
          [unassigned] Euheterodonta
          Pholadomyoida
          Lucinoida
      Palaeoheterodonta
    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