Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
       Order Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960 see Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
         Superfamily Ampullarioidea Gray, 1824
           Family Viviparidae Gray, 1847 (1833)
             Subfamily Viviparinae Gray, 1847 (1833)
               Genus Viviparus Montfort, 1810
                 1 Subgenus Callina Hannibal, 1912, nom. illeg. see Subgenus Callinina Thiele, 1931
                 2 Subgenus Dactylochlamys Rao, 1925, nom. illeg. see Genus Angulyagra Rao, 1931
                 3 Subgenus Heterogen Annandale, 1921
                 4 Subgenus Lecythoconcha Annandale, 1920
                 5 Subgenus Laguncula Benson, 1842
                 6 Subgenus Rectiviviparus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927