Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 [paraphyletic?]
             Superphylum "Proteobacteria" Craig et al. 2010
               Phylum "Gammaproteobacteria" Garrity et al., 2005 [monotypic]
                 Class Gammaproteobacteriaᵀ Garrity et al. 2005
                   Order Thiotrichales Garrity et al. 2005
                     Family Thiotrichaceaeᵀ Garrity et al. 2005
                       Genus Thioploca Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         1 Thioploca araucae Maier and Gallardo 1984
                         2 Thioploca chileae Maier and Gallardo 1984
                         3 Thioploca ingrica (ex Visloukh 1911) Maier 1984
                         4 Thioploca schmidleiᵀ Lauterborn 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)