Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Divasibranchia Minichev & Starobogatov, 1975
       Order Stylommatophora Schmidt, 1855 see Infraorder Stylommatophora Schmidt, 1855
         (Helicid Sigmurethra)
           Superfamily Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815
             Family Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1910) [monotypic]
               Genus Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887
                 Subgenus Cariosula Pallary, 1910