Class Dinophyceae Pascher (1914)
   Order Peridiniales Haeckel (1894)
     Family Podolampadaceae Er. Lindem. (1928)
       Genus Lessardia J.F. Saldarriaga & F.J.R. Taylor (2003)
         Lessardia elongata Saldarriaga & F.J.R. Taylor (2003)