Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
       Order Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938 see Suborder Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938
         Suborder Stenoglossa Bouvier, 1887
           Superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
             Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 - volutes
               Subfamily Halinae Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995, orth. inval. see Subfamily Haliinae Kobelt, 1888
                 Genus Scaphella Swainson, 1832
                   1 Subgenus Aurinia Adams & Adams, 1853
                   2 Subgenus Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953