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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
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
          Littorinoidea
          Rissooidea
            Hydrobiidae
            Assimineidae
            Iravadiidae
            Rissoidae
              Rissoininae
                Rissoina
                  Rissoina bertholleti
                  Rissoina bruguieri
                  Rissoina spirata
                  Rissoina oryza
                  Rissoina nivea
                  Rissoina seguenziana
                  Rissoina miltozona
                  Rissoina sismondiana
                  Rissoina balteata
                  Rissoina ephamilla
                  Rissoina pusilla
                  Rissoina smithi
                  Rissoina turricula
                  Rissoina fenestrata
                  Rissoina deshayesi
                  Rissoina ambigua
                  Rissoina rissoi
                  Rissoina plicata
                  Rissoina meteoris
                  Rissoina angeli
                  Rissoina delicatissima
                  Rissoina redfermi
                  Rissoina cancellata
                  Rissoina decussata
                  Rissoina dyscrita
                  Rissoina krebsii
                  Rissoina multicostata
                  Rissoina princeps
                  Rissoina striatocostata
                  Rissoina striosa
                  Rissoina cylindrica
                  Rissoina redferni
                  Rissoina harryleei
                  Rissoina tongunensis
                  Rissoina cancellina
                  Rissoina pulchra
                  Rissoina privati
                  Rissoina hummelincki
                  Rissoina indiscreta
                  Rissoina labrosa
                  Rissoina mayori
                  Rissoina sigmifer
                  Rissoina vanderspoeli
                  Rissoina chathamensis
                  Rissoina conica
                  Rissoina adamsi
                  Rissoina alarconi
                  Rissoina allemani
                  Rissoina axelliana
                  Rissoina bakeri
                  Rissoina barthelowi
                  Rissoina burragei
                  Rissoina clandestina
                  Rissoina dina
                  Rissoina effusa
                  Rissoina ericana
                  Rissoina excolpa
                  Rissoina expansa
                  Rissoina favilla
                  Rissoina firmata
                  Rissoina fortis
                  Rissoina hartmanni
                  Rissoina helena
                  Rissoina histia
                  Rissoina inca
                  Rissoina io
                  Rissoina janus
                  Rissoina lapazana
                  Rissoina laurae
                  Rissoina lirata
                  Rissoina mazatlanica
                  Rissoina preposterum
                  Rissoina scalariformis
                  Rissoina signae
                  Rissoina stricta
                  Rissoina townsendi
                  Rissoina woodwardii
                  Rissoina zeltneri
                  Rissoina californica
                  Rissoina keenae
                  Rissoina newcombei
                  Rissoina costata
                  Rissoina crenilabris
                  Rissoina refugium
                  Rissoina iredalei
                  Rissoina angulata
                  Rissoina concinna
                  Rissoina collaxis
                  Rissoina cretacea
                  Rissoina imbricata
                  Rissoina variegata
                  Rissoina triangularis
                  Rissoina (Rissolina)
                      Rissoina (Rissolina) plicatula
                      Rissoina (Rissolina) crassa
                      Rissoina (Rissolina) cardinalis
                      Rissoina (Rissolina) praecida
                  Rissoina plicatula
                  Rissoina crassa
                  Rissoina cardinalis
                  Rissoina praecida
                  Rissoina costulata
                  Rissoina japonica
                  Rissoina achatina
                  Rissoina achatinoides
                  Rissoina anguina
                  Rissoina manawatawhia
                  Rissoina zonata
                  Rissoina calia
                Zebina
                Schwartziella
                Stosicia
                Folinia
                Ailinzebina
                Pandalosia
                Parazebinella
                Stiva
                Chiliostigma
                Caporista
                Austrosina
                Peripetella
                Pleneconea
                Zymalata
                Condylicia
                Laseronia
                Sulcorissoina
                Costalynia
                Fractoralla
                Phosinella
                Planapexia
                Dentrissoina
                Ishimoria
                Lapsigyrus
                Crepitacella
                Dolophanes
                Amaurella
              Rissoinae
            Tornidae
            Adeorbidae
            Caecidae
            Truncatellidae
            Barleeidae
            Anabathridae
            Elachisinidae
            Trochaclididae
            Calopiidae
            Cochliopidae
            Emblandidae
            Epigridae
            Falsicingulidae
            Hydrococcidae
            Barleeiidae
          Stromboidea
          Hipponicoidea
          Crepiduloidea
          Xenophoroidea
          Cypraeoidea
          Heteropoda
          Naticoidea
          Tonnoidea
          Cassoidea
          Rissoacea
          Calyptraeoidea
          Capuloidea
          Vanikoroidea
          Cingulopsoidea
          Pterotracheoidea
          Velutinoidea
          Vermetoidea
          Ficoidea
        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