Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Subphylum Conchifera Gegenbauer, 1878
     Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
       Subclass Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1995
         Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
           Order Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
             Suborder Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
               Infraorder Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938
                 Superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
                   Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks
                     1 Subfamily Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815
                     2 Subfamily Photinae Gray, 1857 see Subfamily Pisaniinae Gray, 1857
                     3 Subfamily Pisaniinae Gray, 1857
                     4 Subfamily Volutopsiinae Habe & Sato, 1972 see Tribe Volutopsiini Habe & Sato, 1973