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accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 242)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 720)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 172)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 691)
Phylum
Brachiopoda
(39)
Phylum
Bryozoa
(787)
Phylum
Cephalorhyncha
Phylum
Chaetognatha
(41)
Phylum
Chordata
(2 246)
Phylum
Cnidaria
(1 470)
Phylum
Coelenterata
Phylum
Ctenophora
(37)
Phylum
Cycliophora
(1)
Phylum
Dicyemida
(17)
Phylum
Echinodermata
(650)
Phylum
Ectoprocta
accepted as
Bryozoa
Phylum
Entoprocta
(59)
Phylum
Gastrotricha
(257)
Phylum
Gnathostomulida
(25)
Phylum
Hemichordata
(17)
Phylum
Kinorhyncha
(83)
Phylum
Loricifera
(2)
Phylum
Mesozoa
accepted as
Dicyemida
Phylum
Mollusca
(4 727)
Subphylum
Aculifera
Subphylum
Conchifera
Subphylum
Placophora
accepted as
Polyplacophora
Superclass
Aplacophora
Class
Bivalvia
(836)
Class
Caudofoveata
(30)
Class
Cephalopoda
(143)
Class
Conchifera
accepted as
Bivalvia
Class
Gastropoda
(3 494)
Subclass
Caenogastropoda
(1 819)
Subclass
Heterobranchia
(1 235)
Infraclass
"Lower Heterobranchia"
(78)
Infraclass
Euthyneura
(1 143)
Subterclass
Acteonimorpha
(29)
Subterclass
Ringipleura
(481)
Subterclass
Tectipleura
(633)
Superorder
Acochlidiimorpha
(10)
Superorder
Basommatophora
accepted as
Hygrophila
Superorder
Eupulmonata
(12)
Superorder
Hygrophila
(1)
Superorder
Pylopulmonata
(261)
Superorder
Sacoglossa
(63)
Superorder
Siphonarimorpha
(5)
Order
Anaspidea
accepted as
Aplysiida
Order
Aplysiida
(21)
Order
Aplysiomorpha
accepted as
Aplysiida
Order
Archaeopulmonata
accepted as
Siphonarioidea Gray, 1827
Order
Cephalaspidea
(137)
Order
Heterostropha
accepted as
Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Order
Pteropoda
(76)
Order
Runcinacea
accepted as
Runcinida
Order
Runcinida
(42)
Superfamily
Runcinoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
(42)
Family
Runcinidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
(42)
Genus
Pelta
Quatrefages, 1844
accepted as
Runcina
Forbes, 1851
Genus
Pseudoilbia
M. C. Miller & Rudman, 1968
(1)
Genus
Pseudoruncina
A. K. Araujo, Pola, Malaquias, Vitale & Cervera, 2023
(1)
Genus
Runcina
Forbes, 1851
(38)
Genus
Runcinella
Odhner, 1924
(2)
Species
Runcinella condio
Moro & Ortea, 2015
Species
Runcinella faustinoi
Ortea, 2020
Order
Thecosomata
Order
Umbraculida
(5)
Superorder
Euthyneura
incertae sedis
Infraclass
Heterobranchia
incertae sedis
Infraclass
Mesoneura
(14)
Infraclass
Opisthobranchia
Infraclass
Pulmonata
Subclass
Neomphaliones
accepted as
Vetigastropoda
Subclass
Neritimorpha
(5)
Subclass
Patellogastropoda
(26)
Subclass
Prosobranchia
Subclass
Vetigastropoda
(409)
Class
Lamellibranchiata
accepted as
Bivalvia
Class
Mollusca
incertae sedis
†
Class
Monoplacophora
(7)
Class
Pelecypoda
accepted as
Bivalvia
Class
Polyplacophora
(77)
Class
Scaphopoda
(49)
Class
Solenogastres
(91)
Subclass
Chaetodermomorpha
accepted as
Caudofoveata
Phylum
Nematoda
(1 849)
Phylum
Nematomorpha
(3)
Phylum
Nemertea
(372)
Phylum
Nemertina
represented as
Nemertea
Phylum
Orthonectida
(19)
Phylum
Pentastomida
accepted as
Pentastomida
Phylum
Phoronida
(9)
Phylum
Placozoa
(1)
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
(2 186)
Phylum
Pogonophora
accepted as
Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914
Phylum
Porifera
(1 515)
Phylum
Priapulida
(7)
Phylum
Rotifera
(102)
Phylum
Sipunculida
accepted as
Sipuncula
Phylum
Tardigrada
(83)
Phylum
Xenacoelomorpha
(189)
Kingdom
Bacteria
(157)
Kingdom
Chromista
(3 254)
Kingdom
Fungi
(374)
Kingdom
Monera
represented as
Bacteria
Kingdom
Plantae
(1 473)
Kingdom
Protozoa
(264)
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