Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Subphylum Conchifera Gegenbauer, 1878
     Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
       Subclass Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1995
         Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
           Order Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
             Suborder Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
               Infraorder Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938
                 Superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
                   01 Family Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 see Subfamily Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
                   02 Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 - drills
                   03 Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks
                   04 Family Columbellidae Swainson, 1840 - dove snails
                   05 Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853 - tulip snails
                   06 Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) - whelks
                   07 Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) - mud snails
                   08 Family Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860
                   09 Family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865
                   10 Family Harpidae Bronn, 1849 - harp snails
                   11 Family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828 - marginellas
                   12 Family Mitridae Swainson, 1829 - miter snails
                   13 Family Olividae Latreille, 1825 - olive snails
                   14 Family Pleioptygmatidae Quinn, 1989
                   15 Family Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880
                   16 Family Strepsiduridae Cossmann, 1901
                   17 Family Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835
                   18 Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 - volutes
                   19 Family Volutomitridae Gray, 1854 - false mitres