Division Dinoflagellata Engl. (1903)
see Superclass Dinoflagellata Bütschli, 1885
Subdivision Dinokaryota Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
see Superclass Dinokaryota Fensome et al., 1993
Class Dinophyceae Pascher (1914)
Subclass Peridiniphycidae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
Order Gonyaulacales F.J.R. Taylor (1980)
Suborder Gonyaulacineae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
Family Gonyaulacaceae Er. Lindem. (1928)
Subfamily Gonyaulacoideae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
Genus Spiraulax Kof. (1911)