Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
       Order Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960 see Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
         Suborder Architaenioglossa Haller, 1890
           Superfamily Cerithioidea Fleming, 1822
             Family Pleuroceridae Fischer, 1885 (1863)
               Subfamily Lavigeriinae [monotypic] see Tribe Nassopsini Kesteven, 1903
                 Genus Laevigera Millard, 1996, orth. inval. see Genus Lavigeria Bourguignat, 1888
                   Subgenus Joubertia Bourguignat, 1888