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 Scissurelloidea Gray, 1847
Family Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815 [monotypic] - abalones
Genus Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus Schismotis Gray, 1856