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
         Suborder Architaenioglossa Haller, 1890
           Superfamily Cerithioidea Fleming, 1822
             Family Pleuroceridae Fischer, 1885 (1863)
               1 Subfamily Pleurocerinae Fischer, 1885 (1863)
               2 Subfamily Amphimelaniinae Fischer & Crosse, 1891 [monotypic] see Family Melanopsidae Adams & Adams, 1854
               3 Subfamily Lavigeriinae [monotypic] see Tribe Nassopsini Kesteven, 1903
               4 Subfamily Melanatriinae Thiele, 1921 see Family Pachychilidae Fischer & Crosse, 1892
               5 Subfamily Paludominae Stoliczka, 1868
               6 Subfamily Tiphobiinae Bourguignat, 1886 [monotypic] see Tribe Tiphobiini Bourguignat, 1886