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 Peridiniales Haeckel (1894)
           Suborder Peridiniineae Poche (1913) see Order Peridiniales Haeckel (1894)
             Family Congruentidiaceae J. Schiller (1935), nom. rej. see Family Protoperidiniaceae Balech (1988), nom. cons.
               Subfamily Diplopsalioideae Abé (1981) see Family Diplopsaliaceae Matsuoka (1988)
                 Genus Boreadinium J.D. Dodge & H.B. Hermes (1981)