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
             01 Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 - drills
             02 Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 see Subfamily Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
             03 Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks
             04 Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840 - dove snails
             05 Family Chryptochordidae Millard, 1996, orth. inval. [monotypic] see Family Cryptochordidae Korobkov, 1955
             06 Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) - mud snails
             07 Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) - whelks
             08 Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853 - tulip snails
             09 Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 - volutes
             10 Family Harpidae Bronn, 1849 - harp snails
             11 Family Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835
             12 Family Olividae Latreille, 1825 - olive snails
             13 Family Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880
             14 Family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865
             15 Family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828 - marginellas
             16 Family Mitridae Swainson, 1829 - miter snails
             17 Family Volutomitridae Gray, 1854 - false mitres
             18 Family Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860