Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 - bivalves
     Subclass Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944 see Superorder Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944
       Order Pteriida Newell, 1965
         Suborder Pteriina Newell, 1965 [monotypic] see Superfamily Pterioidea Gray, 1847 (1820)
           Superfamily Pterioidea Gray, 1847 (1820)
             Family Malleidae Lamarck, 1818 - hammer oysters
               Subfamily Pulvinitinae Stephenson, 1941
                 Genus Vulsellina Raincourt, 1876