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 Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks
               Subfamily Photinae Gray, 1857 see Subfamily Pisaniinae Gray, 1857
                 Genus Chlanidota Martens, 1878
                   1 Subgenus Chlanidotella Thiele, 1929
                   2 Subgenus Meteuthria Thiele, 1912
                   3 Subgenus Pfefferia Strebel, 1908
                   4 Subgenus Proneptunea Thiele, 1912