Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
       Superorder Archaeogastropoda Thiele, 1925
         Order Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1980 - archaeogastropods s.l.
           Superfamily Trochoidea Rafinesque, 1815
             Family Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815 - top snails
               Subfamily Margaritinae Thiele, 1924, nom. cons. prop.
                 Tribe Margaritini Thiele, 1924 [monotypic]
                   Genus Margaritesᵀ Gray, 1847
                     Subgenus Neomargarites Golikov & Gulbin, 1978