Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to M. Harzhauser 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthonematidae, Batillariidae, Brachytrematidae, Bullamirifica, Cassiopidae, Cerithiidae, Cryptaulacidae, Dialidae, Diastomatidae, Eustomatidae, Faxiidae, Ladinulidae, Lavigeriidae, Litiopidae, Maoraxidae, Melanopsidae, Metacerithiidae, Modulidae, Pachychilidae, Paludomidae, Pianaridae, Planaxidae, Pleuroceridae, Popenellidae, Potamididae, Procerithiidae, Propupaspiridae, Prostyliferidae, Scaliolidae, Siliquariidae, Syrnolopsidae, Thiaridae, Tomaszoviella
Subtaxa: Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Mariacolpus, Mesalia, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder