Subfamily Tanysiphoninae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative spelling: Tanysiphonidae
Parent taxon: Mactridae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Anatina, Darcinia, Darina, Darininae, Hemimactra, Kymatox, Kymatoxinae, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Pteroluter, Pteropsellinae, Pteropsis, Raeta, Rangia, Scissodesma, Spisula, Willimactra, Zenatiinae
Subtaxa: none